Riad Marélia

I cannot fault the host. He was an elderly gentleman, who did his best to help us with sourcing a taxi for an early morning flight. Unfortunately there was a language barrier, so we didn't always understand each other. The riad itself is a lovely space, unfortunately our room was lacking any working plug points. Both beds were broken, as they made a lot of noise, whenever you moved.. Our room faced the main street , and was quite noisy, day and night. There were nowhere to hang clothes and nothing to hand them with, so we literally lived out of the suitcase. The wifi was very intermittent, only being able to get coverage when either by the bedroom door, or downstairs in the reception area. The riad says breakfast included, however breakfast was nothing other than re heated bread, omelette. and Luke warm coffee or mint tea every day. We had an episode were we returned from a spa day, there was noone to let us back in,so we stood outside for approximately 10-15 minutes, the contact number on the website does not work. The riad is located close to many attractions and the main square, which is a bonus. The rating it has I believe needs to be lowered.

DONT STAY AT THIS RIAD! I WAS SEXUALLY ASSULTED BY THE MANAGER Ibrahim!!!!! I chose this riad because it was close to the mallah in the Medina. I saw some good reviews so I felt I could trust it DONT BE FOOLED!!!! DO NOT STAY AT THIS RIAD!! I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THE MANAGER!! on my last night at the riad I returned from the Jemaa El Afna. to enter the Riad the manager must open the door, when I entered he walked with me towards the stairs to my room and sexually assaulted me!! I was completely shocked I ran to my room and left as quick as possible in the morning. I didn’t know what to do with myself and I am still shocked. I thought I could trust the riad from the good reviews I saw DONT BE FOOLED!! I tried to contact the owner of the riad who was just as disgusting and unhelpful. he showed no remorse and shared no apology. he blamed me and said “I hope you have proof”. this place should be shut down or at least taken off of *********** and all other sites so that other people don’t experience this horror! After this happened I looked back and saw another review by a solo female traveler who came forward with the same claims and nothings has been done! Why?! Why haven’t these sites taken the riad off the booking options. You could be saving lives but instead you ignore! Hurtful and disappointing