Hôtel Darna

Rabat


This dated, dimly lit hotel has a good location on the edge of the medina, where small rooms come with double-glazed windows, reasonably comfortable beds and sketchy hot water. Breakfast comes with views over the medina.


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Nearby Rabat attractions

1. Rabat Medina

0.33 MILES

When the French arrived in the early 20th century, this walled medina by the sea was the full extent of the city. Built on an orderly grid in the 17th…

2. Fort de la Calette Lighthouse

0.36 MILES

Built in 1920 and still working, this 31m-tall, white lighthouse rises above natural stone walls and the rocks below. It looks especially striking at…

3. Bab Oudaia

0.36 MILES

The most dramatic entry to the kasbah is through the enormous Almohad gate of Bab Oudaia, built in 1195. Its location, facing the heart of the city and…

4. Andalusian Gardens

0.37 MILES

These gardens, laid out by the French during the colonial period, are located within the Kasbah des Oudaias. Full of citrus trees, lofty palms and vibrant…

5. Kasbah des Oudaias

0.37 MILES

Rabat's historic citadel occupies the site of the original ribat (fortress-monastery) that gave the city its name. Predominately residential, its narrow…

6. Grande Mosquée de Rabat Medina

0.42 MILES

This mosque, a 14th-century Merinid original much rebuilt in the intervening years, is located just off the Souq As Sebbat. It is closed to non-Muslims.

7. Mosque El Atiqa

0.44 MILES

This small mosque is Rabat's oldest. It was built in the 10th century and restored in the 18th with funds donated by an English pirate known as Ahmed El…

8. Souq As Sebbat

0.48 MILES

Recently restored, this covered souq at the eastern end of Rue Souika specialises in jewellery, rugs and leather goods, and is the only part of the medina…