Illustrative photo of the region — the property's own gallery is on the booking page.

Garden retreat beside the Ras el-Ma spring — terraced grounds, pool, and the medina a short stroll away.

Dar Echchaouen sits just outside the medina walls by the Ras el-Ma spring, where the mountain water comes down and the town does its washing. Its terraced gardens step down the hillside with a pool among the roses — a genuine rarity in Chefchaouen — and rooms and little bungalows scattered through the greenery.

The blue lanes are five minutes' walk, close enough for dawn photographs before the crowds, far enough that evenings are all birdsong and mountain air. For couples who want Chefchaouen plus somewhere to actually relax, this is the answer.

Why we picked it

• Terraced gardens beside the Ras el-Ma spring
• A pool with Rif mountain views — rare in Chefchaouen
• Quiet edge-of-medina position, five minutes from the blue lanes