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Stained-glass lantern in one of the bedrooms

7 Rue Lalla Hannou · Medina of Rabat

A small house in the medina, lit by coloured glass.

Fanous — lantern, in Arabic

Dar Al Fanouss is a guesthouse on Rue Lalla Hannou, open since 2025: white rooms with bright handira blankets, mint tea when you arrive, and breakfast up on the roof under a painted ceiling.

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Rooms

White rooms, loud blankets.

Four kinds of room, all compact, each with its own shower room, air conditioning, a fan, a TV and Wi-Fi. The walls stay white; the colour comes from the handira blankets and the coloured glass of the lanterns.

Red, cobalt and cream handira blankets
Red, cobalt and cream handira blankets
The roof terrace

Breakfast upstairs

Breakfast is on the roof, under a painted ceiling.

At the top of the stairs, the terrace is roofed with painted wood — ochre, green and brown stars — above green ironwork, reed screens and mosaic tables. Breakfast is included: msemen and harcha, eggs, olives, cheese, jams, fruit, orange juice, coffee and mint tea.

And when you arrive, a glass of mint tea — often up here.

Breakfast upstairs
Breakfast on a mosaic table
Breakfast on a mosaic table

Inside no. 7

A tall house, climbed from the door to the sky.

The house goes up: a beamed corridor, a hall with a zellige fountain, a white stair with a green iron rail, the rooms, and at the very top, the roof.

  1. Dark beams, framed pictures and a brass lantern on the floor.
    Corridor · beams
  2. A zellige wall fountain with a brass tap, beside carved wooden doors.
    Hall · fountain
  3. Patterned tile risers and a green iron rail, climbing past the rooms.
    Stair · green rail
  4. The painted ceiling, the ironwork, the view.
    Roof · painted ceiling

In guests’ words

“Loved the women who made our lovely breakfast on the terrace!”

Michelle, Canada · Booking.com · featured on the listing, September 2026
Breakfast tray on the roof: fried eggs with cucumber and three glasses of orange juice
  • “The breakfast, served in the cosy rooftop area, was really delicious”

    James, Ireland · Booking.com · 16 September 2026

  • “…you are greeted with a lovely Moroccan mint tea upon arrival.”

    Raphael, Germany · Booking.com · 3 September 2026

  • “Comfortable bed, clean, new room, quiet at night.”

    András, Hungary · Booking.com · featured on the listing, September 2026

  • “Cosy small hotel. The staff are lovely.”

    Stephen · Google · around March 2026

Booking.com 9.0/10 from 633 reviews (staff 9.7, location 9.6) · Google 4.7/5 from 69 reviews · as of 29 September 2026

Hassan Tower and the Mohammed VI Tower from the roof
Hassan Tower and the Mohammed VI Tower from the roof

In the medina

Close to the market, the Kasbah and the sea.

Marché Central is 320 m from the door, the Kasbah des Oudayas 820 m, the beach 980 m and Rabat-Ville station 1.1 km — as the crow flies.

Rue Lalla Hannou is a pedestrian lane just off Avenue Mohammed V, on the west side of the medina. Cars don’t come down it: a taxi leaves you a couple of minutes’ walk away, and the wrought-iron lantern over no. 7 marks the door.

Getting here
The lantern and the brass 7 over the door
The lantern and the brass 7 over the door

Ask for a room at no. 7.

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