Neighbourhood

The Océan quarter, between the walls and the sea.

Riad Meftaha is not in the medina but just outside its western walls, in the Océan quarter — near the Chouhada mosque and the medina gate of Bab Laalou.

Around the riad Bab Laalou, medina gate: 170 m; Kasbah of the Udayas: 930 m; Rabat beach: 1 km; Hassan Tower: 1.8 km; Bouregreg marina: 2 km; Chellah: 2.9 km Atlantic Ocean Bouregreg Medina Riad Meftaha Bab Laalou170 m Kasbah930 m Beach1 km Hassan Tower1.8 km Chellah2.9 km N
Schematic map, not to scale. Straight-line distances, approximate.

Around the riad

Bab Laalou, medina gate
170 m
Kasbah of the Udayas
930 mabout 15 min on foot
Rabat beach
1 km
Hassan Tower
1.8 km
Bouregreg marina
2 km
Chellah
2.9 km

On foot from the riad

  1. Kasbah of the Udayas
    Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Kasbah of the Udayas

    The walled citadel above the mouth of the Bouregreg: blue-and-white lanes, the monumental gate of Bab Oudaya and views over the ocean. About fifteen minutes on foot.

  2. The medina & Rue des Consuls
    Photo: Photo2023, CC BY 4.0

    The medina & Rue des Consuls

    Through Bab Laalou and into the souks. Rue des Consuls, a partly covered street of carpet and craft shops, leads towards the Kasbah.

  3. The beach
    Photo: Mousser Mouadh, CC BY-SA 3.0

    The beach

    Rabat’s beach lies below the Kasbah, about a kilometre from the riad, with the jetties of the river mouth beside it.

  4. Hassan Tower
    Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Hassan Tower

    The unfinished 12th-century minaret and its field of columns, beside the Mausoleum of Mohammed V — about 1.8 km away.

A house of its time

The house dates from the 1930s, the decades when Rabat’s modern town was laid out beside the old city. Together they were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012 as “Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage”.

Around the corner

Cafés, bakeries and markets nearby, the seafront for a walk at sunset, and surf on the beaches of Rabat and, further south, Témara and Harhoura.

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