Dar Nour, The first guest house of Tangier

Dar Nour was the first guest house to open in Tangier. Opened in 1999, Dar Nour is a genuinely beautiful, old Kasbah house, built on different levels, filled with nooks and crannies, and restored with a true feeling for beauty and simplicity. Dar Nour means « the house of light », and the aim was to accent the sunlight playing on the whitewashed walls. The travel guide Géo , and French magazines such as Le Point, Capital, L’art de voyager, and Jalouse all agree that it is the top place to stay in Tangier. Other international magazines such as Elle, Travel Leisure, Gente Viaje, Le goût de Tanger, and Numéro have all written articles about Dar Nour. Artists, intellectuals, writers, and film makers have stayed there and found it to be an inspiring place.

 

Location

In the centre of town, Dar Nour is built on the 14th century Kasbah ramparts, facing the new town and the bay of Tangier. Overlooking the medina, the rooftop terraces offer wonderful 360° views of the town which have been used on the covers of several books and magazines. The front door at the end of a cul-de-sac where the writers Mohamed Choukri and Zouber Ben Bouchta lived allows you to enter a house with seven rooms, suites and mini-suites and two sitting rooms.

Decoration

Dar Nour is well-known for its furniture and other pieces collected in the Arab world over the last fifteen years, including bookcases crammed with books from many countries, carpets and wall hangings, old pottery and other items from the old Tangier. The house is elegant in its simplicity and in the history of the objects to be found there..

Staff
Dar Nour is run by Catherine, Philippe and Jean-Olivier. An archaeologist, an architect and a journalist whose love for Tangier brought them together within the walls of the Kasbah.
Abdellatif, Nadia, Mohamed and Rachid are there to make your stay comfortable and to provide meals which have the reputation of being among the best in town. Yet Dar Nour does not aim to be a grand hotel, but remains a simple, friendly place whose staff seek above all to make you feel at home.

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20, rue Gourna - Kasbah - Tanger - Maroc - 00212(0) 62 11 27 24 - contactdarnour@yahoo.fr