Dar Batha Museum

Dar Batha Museum is a beautiful showcase of Moroccan art and history. Housed in a former palace, the museum offers stunning exhibits, from traditional zellij tiles to intricate woodwork, all within a serene, tranquil setting 🏛️🎨.

A nice big palace with an interior garden and a small collection of artifacts. Posted explanations are very light, but there's a guard in every room who's happy to answer questions. There were hardly any visitors when we came, so it was nice and quiet.

Excellent food. Friendly service. Reasonable prices. Had lunch once and returned for dinner.

Dar Batḥa (Arabic: دار البطحاء, pronounced Bat-ḥaa), or Qasr al-Batḥa (Arabic: قصر البطحاء), is a former royal palace in the city of Fez, Morocco. The palace was commissioned by the Alawite Sultan Hassan I in the late 19th century and completed under his successor Abdelaziz. It was transformed into a museum of historical arts and crafts in 1915, with a collection that today includes more than 6,500 objects. The palace is located near Bab Bou Jeloud, on the western edge of Fez el-Bali, the city's old medina district, and near Fez el-Jdid, the new medina district. Another historic palace, Dar al-Beida (Arabic: الدار البيضاء), was originally part of the same complex but was separated for other official uses in the twentieth century and remains today an official residence, inaccessible to the public.

Beautiful sight and building, but as said earlier, he descriptions could be more clear and informative. Not many language options either.

The museum itself is a nice palace with a beautiful and quiet garden. The exhibition of old pottery without any descriptions available in english isnt really worth the visit.

Nice little museum and an awesome garden, largely overlooked by the teeming tourist hordes.

Lovely gardens, beautiful buildings limited museum exhibits.