Unclassified (non-classé) hotels, (mostly O and 8 in our price code box), are mainly to be found in the older, Arab-built parts of cities – the Medinas – and are almost always the cheapest accommodation options. They offer the additional advantage of being at the heart of things: where you’lI want to spend most of your time, and where all the sights and markets are concentrated. The disadvantages are that the Medinas can at first appear daunting – with their mazes of narrow lanes and blind alleys – and that the hotels themselves can be, at worst,…