“Gorgeous and one-of-a-kind!”

Beautiful hotel. Close to the Old Medina. Right in the heart of the old city of Fes. So beautiful. Great staff. Really wonderful experience. One of the prettiest and most unique hotels we have ever stayed in. We travel the world, and this, by far, was one of our favorite experiences. Just a gorgeous property and run very well. Wonderful staff and very helpful. Great food when we ate at the hotel. Good bar with lots of drinks. Very romantic. Perfect place to stay in Fes!!

“Great boutique Riad”

Great, small boutique Riad. Great, warm welcome from knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff. Beautifully restored and furnished. Very comfy beds. Oodles of hot water. Fantastic terrace to relax on at the end of the day. Hearty breakfasts and stunning evening meals with very good, reasonably priced wine list. As a total package this was excellent value for money.

“Riad le Calife”

The riad is beautiful and very peaceful. The owners are wonderful. They helped us organize tours, found us restaurants and were there for anything we needed. The cook is incredible. We took a cooking class with her one day and it was really fun.

“Fabulous riad, fabulous hosts, fabulous chef!”

I can't say enough. The riad is beautifully restored and decorated, and Yasmine and Alexander are wonderfully kind, attentive hosts. The riad looks and feels very Moroccan and exotic and provides at the same time a soothing escape from the hubbub of the tough but fascinating city right outside the door. We ate dinner in the riad one evening, and Fatima, the award-winning chef, served an exquisite meal. I would give anything for her recipe for Honeyed Lamb Tagine, and her array of Moroccan salads was unusual and delicious. A stay we will cherish in memory for a very long time.

“Perfect Riad”

We had a wonderful stay at the Le Calife. We arrived in Fes early one December evening, were met at the airport as promised and taken to the Riad. Having traveled to southern Morocco three years earlier in December (and stayed in riads for the entire stay), we knew how important it was to make sure that in the winter the riad had heat and indoor dining, and I wanted a comfortable, quiet, friendly and a slightly luxurious experience. The owners have spent a lot of time and effort on designing a riad that reflects the history and tradition of the area with all of the modern comforts and conveniences. Our expectations were met and exceeded - plenty of heat (AC in summer), nice dining room and bar and lovely rooftop terrace. Le Calife is a very elegant riad, without being pretentious. We stayed in the Emerald Suite which was just lovely but from what I could see, all of the rooms looked really nice. Free wifi that worked in the room was an added bonus, as was Darwin, the dog! Location was perfect, a short walk to a main street and to the Medina. Staff were superb, Fatima whipped up a spur of the moment delicious dinner for us and two other guests the evening we arrived. This was the nicest riad we have stayed in on our two trips to Morocco - and really the perfect mix of attentive owners / accommodations / location and service. However, after such a good experience, no other place we went to in Morocco came even close to the experience we had at Le Calife.