Morocco Travel » Morocco Riads http://www.discover-morocco.net Guide to Moroccan Hotels in Marrakesh, Morocco Travel - Morocco Vacations Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:16:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Riads in Morocco http://www.discover-morocco.net/riads-morocco http://www.discover-morocco.net/riads-morocco#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:46:09 +0000 admin http://www.discover-morocco.net/?p=107 The big new trend in Moroccan holiday accommodations are riads. Strictly speaking, a riad is a house built around a patio garden – in fact, the word riad correctly refers to the garden rather than the house – while maison d’hóte is French for “guest house”. In the tourist industry, however, both terms are used, pret­ty much interchangeably, for a residential house done up to rent out to tourists, usually by the room, though you can often rent the whole house.

The craze started with Marrakesh riads, where it took off big-time, and quickly spread to riads in Fes and…

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