Ryad Mogador Hotel

Shopping Tip: You can exchange your cash for dirhams at the reception desk. The supermarket next door is good for buying Moroccan teapots and tea and other stuff that can end up being hideously expensive elsewhere. The cabs outside the hotel are expensive. Cross the road and walk up a bit and hail a cab. See if you can get them to put the meter on (it's about 7 dirham to the Medina if you are lucky enough to find someone to go on his meter). Otherwise, don't pay more than about 15-20 dhm during the day and 30 at night. You will be quoted anything up to 100 dhm to go to the Old or New City and that's a complete rip off. Don't eat on the Square at night; they charge you whatever they feel like and bring you more than you ordered. We paid 300 dhm for awful food and the family next to us were charged nearly 800 dhm. And you take a chance with potential food poisoning. Argana on the square is great for good value food, both Moroccan and western. Beware of the prices for alcohol, in many cases it is way more than you would pay in London (200dhm for a cocktail, for example and 90 dhm for a bottled beer). Make friends with local people in the Medina, they are lovely. We had dinner at a guy we befriended's house one night and he made the most amazing lamb tagine and was truly hospitable. He also had an amazing apartment and great Arabic music.