Casa Meryem is a quaint accommodation atop a hill in the blue city. There are several different rooms on different levels in the building. The views are beautiful. Breakfast was delicious. We loved staying here and we had everything we needed for a comfortable stay. The city is magical and the people friendly and non-assuming. We missed Youssef when he tried to pick us up at the bus station. We got a ride to the medina and we got a little lost looking for Casa Meryem. We stopped in an establishment and had them call Casa Meryem for us. Someone arrived immediately, helped with our bags and led us to our destination. Their response time is almost instantaneous. We had two bedrooms with 5 beds, an eating area, small kitchen and bathroom. Upon arrival Youssef served us tea while we visited with him and asked a million questions. While the ”Casa” is wonderful, the true gem here is Youssef. He is knowledgeable, patient, kind and willing to take you anywhere, help you find anything and make thoughtful and insightful suggestions as to things to see, places to go and the best way to get there. He personally escorted us wherever we wanted to go if we needed him. He was always available and responded immediately. He arranged our private taxi to Tangier. Once we arrived in Tangier and realized that our place was sketchy and we didn't trust our hosts to arrange transport to the airport I texted Youssef and asked him if he could help us. Rememeber that, at this point, we are 3 hours from Chefchaouen and will not see Youssef again during our travels. In other words he had no incentive to go so far out of his way to help out two American women. My sister and I were traveling with 5 teenagers and none of us speak French or Arabic. Youssef took all our travel information, figured out where we needed to be picked up, and within 30 minutes had arranged 2 separate transports to the airport for us for the next day. All of this was made more difficult because the place we were staying had no wifi so our communication was sporadic and tenuous at best. He checked in with me the next morning after my sisters transport had arrived to make sure everything had happened as it should. He continued to follow our progress throught out the day ensuring that we had made it to the airport and then arrived at our first destination. I cannot say enough good things about this man. Check out his instagram at: casameryemchefchaouen to see gorgeous photographs around the blue city.
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