Shopping in Fez el-Bali
There are almost endless opportunities for shopping in Fez el-Bali, site of the city's souq, or marketplace. The souq is characterized by a maze of narrow streets and alleyways in which hundreds of small, hole-in-the-wall shops are located. Most of these shops cater to locals, rather than to tourists, so any foreigner shopping in the souq will probably end up paying more for an item than a local will. However, bargaining is the way here, so most of the goods are not very expensive by Western standards. Most merchants will accept Dirhams, dollars, or Euros. And the merchants here are not as aggressive as those in other Middle Eastern cities, such as Istanbul or Cairo.The souq is divided into sections in which each of the shops in that section specializes in a certain product, such as clothing, shoes and slippers, gold and jewelry, carpets, ceramics and pottery, metalware, cooking...
