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After our carpet demonstration we were ushered into a huge area where there was just tons of merchandise. Everything from Leather goods and clothing to beautifully carved wooden furniture and ornate pottery and dishes. We were all left there for a while, hoping we would find something we wanted to buy. I found the prices to be quite steep. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 Small shops in Tangier's
Medina by dlytle
Avoid typical tourist-trap shops but off the beaten track a wealth of fine crafts exists to tempt you. In particular there are wonderful carved cedar wood pots, boxes and other items that beg the browser to part with some of their money.
Pottery is rather crude but the colorful designs make an attractive present for the folks and friends back home. If you will be using them for liquids, check that they are sealed and non-porous as many are meant to be used only for dry goods.
Leather goods vary in quality and style but a careful shopper can usually find something at a good price. In particular, leather belts, bags and wallets are good purchases - do check the quality of the leather though. Make sure you give the leather a good sniff first though as some leather items are cured in goats' brains and urine.
Jewelry in Morocco is an acquired taste. Once again these are made of varying qualities of silver and the differences in price exemplify this. Compared to European jewelers' prices they are reasonably cheap, however. The more simple rings and necklaces can be quite beautiful.
Rugs and blankets are the bane of western tourists in Tangiers. You will be very lucky (and a great negotiator) if you purchase it for a fair price. Hawkers will be trying to pull you into their first cousin's rug shop for a great deal on floor coverings. Be careful here - if you don't want a rug do not even look! Once you are in their shop, you had better buy something or they will get very offended at your 'wasting their precious time' and things can get rather uncomfortable as a result.
Pottery, leather goods, beaten copper, some jewelry and rugs if you are desperate.
Negotiate, bargain, dicker. Don't take the first price offered. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: The Medina or the Grand Socco
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 "LOCAL" CAP ON MY HEAD
:-) by matcrazy1
- I was at the beginning of 30-day trip around Morocco = I had enough time to buy some gifts or local craft somewhere else,
- I never do shopping in touristy, especially border areas which usually offer neither local nor inexpensive craft,
- I was told that Tangier is quite expensive (right!) and uncomfortable place to do any shopping by a visitor (mostly right!).
I drove to visit the Hercules Caves and I found a few stalls with more fake than local craft there. First prices were even higher than in Tangier's medina.
I liked only some simple clay pottery like large barrel-shaped plant pots easily to find in... OBI Home & Garden supermarket, 3 min. away my home :-). But if you like figures of Hercules or knights riding a camel, woolen caps (like on my picture), very colorful ceramic dishes and other displayed goods... start to bargain and be very patient to finally make possibly good deal.
In Tangier I would eventually buy... simply a set of nice postcards.
I didn't want to buy anything by the Hercules Caves. So I didn't start time consuming bargaigning. Anyway, I would expect higher final prices at this place than in others in Morocco.
Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftDirections: From Grand Socco in Tangier follow the direction signs to Cap Spartel (road S701, 21 km, westwards) then to Grottes d'Hercule (4 km, southwards).
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 STREET STALLS, CAPE SPARTEL by matcrazy1
I liked some alabaster figures and leather containers for water but being at the beginning of expensive in total trip I didn't start to bargain and didn't buy anything in Tangier.
Generally , the first price was lower than in Tangier and by the Hercules Cave. The final price depends on your bargaigning skills.
Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftDirections: From Grand Socco in Tangier follow the direction signs to Cap Spartel (road S701, 21 km, westwards).
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 Somewhere in the Old Town by Geoff_Wright
The carpet shop also sold leather goods and pottery, coloured plates and so on. The cost of the carpets was, of course, astronomical, and no one even considered buying one. We bought a couple of colourful plates and a leather shoulder bag (for Mary). Although we 'haggled', I'm certain we paid far too much for them. But it was still fun (???).
We were then taken to the Spice shop, where a young gentleman, in a white coat, explained all about these magical spices and herbs. Actually his talk was quite interesting, and what he was selling seemed to be a reasonable buy. For instance we bought a 4 gramme sachet of Saffron for 6 Euros. In our local supermarket Saffron costs about 3 Euros for point 4 of a gramme. But.... the Saffron we purchased is in powdered form, whereas the best Saffron is the complete stigma (of the Autumn Crocus). So, we may yet again have been 'fleeced'.
Whatever you pay, a warning. They will tell you that they accept Euros, Dollars or Credit Cards. If you pay by Credit Card they will add 10 per cent to the cost!!
As at March 2003 the exchange rate was 10 Dinars to the $ or Euro, or 15 to 16 to the £ GBP. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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 carpets by dila
i think the shop is nice but i didnot want a carpet so it was a waste of time.
the carpets were really beautiful.
downstairs there was a big touristshop.
carpets souvenirs
you have to pay a lot less than they ask. Leave a Comment Theme: Home FurnishingDirections: kasbah i think or in the area
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 Gypsy market by Jim_EliasonLeave a Comment Theme: Other
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 Grand Socco by Jim_EliasonLeave a Comment Theme: Other
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One of the reasons I decided to take the day trip to Tangier was to buy Oriental rugs. I love Oriental rugs. My mom had nothing but Orientals when I was growing up (photo 4 for one of hers)
After lunch the tour guides took us up to the third floor of a building (I do not remember the name of the shop) where rugs were hanging all around the room. After a short explanation of how the rugs were made, they started spreading out the rugs on the floor. Soon it was layered several rugs deep.
I had in mind to buy two of my daughters that I thought would appreciate them each a small rug. After I did that, I saw a rug that I could not resist that was primarily yellow and greenish in color (most of the rugs were blue or red tones) and bought it for myself.
After we got finished, it was quite late. I looked briefly at the stuff on the 2nd floor (leather goods mostly) but did not buy any. Since I was the only one in the group seriously interested in rug buying, all the others in the group had left, and I was worried that I would not be able to find my way back to them. But two of the guides escorted me back to the bus (fending off the steerers from other shops and street vendors) and I did make it back to the group and to Spain and my mom.
Oriental rugs. The guide on the main tour explained to us how to care for the rugs when we were driving through some of the more featureless parts of Spain.
You have to bargain. I'm not sure if I got a good deal or not, but I did my best. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftDirections: In the old section of the city
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 Hotel Solazar Shop by freya_heaven
The shop owner was great, no selling and even left us in the shop to browse on our own, consequently bought more than we had planned, and at much cheaper prices we had seen else where.
We bought for ourselves Moroccan lamp and ornate plate, and a chess/backgammon set, for Freya some Moroccan slippers & a few bits & pieces for family Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Solazar HotelDirections: Eastern Seafront, in the Hotel it was the furthest away shop. (the owner has twin girls)
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