El Fenn – a stunning boutique hotel situated in the heart of the medina, just five minutes from the world-famous Djemaa el Fna square – is that it doesn’t shy away from the vibrancy and energy of its surroundings. In fact, it goes out of its way to celebrate it.
Originally built in 1802, El Fenn (which means ‘fine art’ in Arabic) was re-discovered by Vanessa Branson and Howell James in 2002 while the pair were looking for a holiday home. It underwent a huge two-year refurbishment to create the impressive hotel that stands today – with a total of 28 individually styled rooms and suites all sitting in El Fenn’s sprawling complex of five inter-connected riads.
If you like breakfast anywhere near as much as us then it might interest you to know that a pot of tea or coffee is left outside your room each morning before you’ve even stepped foot outside. Then it’s up to the hotel’s rooftop where a sunshine breakfast of croissants, fruit, yoghurt and Howell’s granola, along with an à la carte menu of pancakes, eggs (we can highly recommend the shakshuka) and tagine, awaits.
