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Local Products Marrakesh
27 Reviews Good buys include fashion accesories, fabrics, spices, natural oils, pottery, and leather goods, especially shoes and slippers. In the souks it's like a market place which specialises in particular...
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Food and Drink Marrakesh
17 Reviews Moroccan, is now one of my favourite cuisines, with it's tasty tagines, cous cous, etc. Whenever I travel, I usually try to buy spices, a recipe book or other food related objects. On this trip I...
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Clothes & Shoes Marrakesh
11 Reviews The Jalaba or Jellabas is a traditional dress of Morocco. It is more like an robe or overcoat with a hood. Both men and women wear the Jalaba but can be different colours and materials. The Jabador is...
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Carpets Marrakesh
8 Reviews Should you decide to buy, they will package the rug up into such a small square, it is amazing but easier for transporting back home. Of course the size doesn’t not equate to the weight which of...
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Souvenir Shops Marrakesh
5 Reviews A trip to Marrakesh isn’t complete without a visit to the souks, and bargaining there is a holiday experience in itself. But it’s not one that everyone enjoys, and even if you do, sometimes it’s good...
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Lamps Marrakesh
4 Reviews The industry of local arts and crafts that goes on in the souk is highly regarded - industrious, talented, artistic and wide ranging in selection for the customer. Shop for what you like, then you...
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Music & Musical Instruments Marrakesh
5 Reviews Whenever I travel, I like to listen to the local music. I usually return from my holidays with a few cd's. Morocco has a variety of styles - Arabic, Arabic-Andalucian, Berber, Gnawa or Gnaoua(a...
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Perfume Marrakesh
2 Reviews Our local guide took our group to a local Cosmetic Pharmacy during the tour of the medina. The display of cosmetics manufactured from local herbs was amazing, creams, deodourants, potions to clear...
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Paintings Marrakesh
1 Review I bought this small oil painting on canvas of a Marrakesh street scene fom a shop near Dar Si Said- as a souvenir of my trip, it was easy to carry, lightweight, and reminded me of my wanderings around...
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Tatoos Marrakesh
1 Review This is a must. Tattoo yourself with the local J'ma Al-Fna main square. don't pay more than 20 dirhams to a harm tattoo. 2€. od course that if you ant to be nice just pay 30 dirhamns. it's actually up...
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Between Fes and Marrakesh, in the heart of the Atlas Mountains, are roadside vendors that sell amazing fossils. They sell all different kinds of fossils and salt crystals from the nearby mountains. You can get giant specimens for $20-$30 or about 230 dirhams.
When you enter the souks for the first time, it is nice to have a guide. We had alot of time in Marrakech, so we were in no rush. As huge shoppers, it was very helpful to have a guide showing us around, and helping us out. You can get quite lost, and it is really a different world. A little scary at first. Well, a little scary all the time actually. There are motorbikes driving through small alleys at fast speeds, there are so many directions, you never know where you are, people screaming in arabic, donkey carts, etc. A coulorful brilliant place though! A big item shown around the souk are these leather slippers, of all colors. People here have them in their homes to wear as slippers and for the color and style, but I think they are incredibly uncomfortable, and wierd looking. They will seem ok in Morroco, but once you leave you will wonder what you were thinking. I bought huge...
When you come from Rabat, drive across the Bou Regreg oued and take the road to Meknès, you will first pass the Dawliz complex (hotel, cinema), a children attraction park and a big one level building. It is the articraft center El-Oulja. On the building, you will read ''Vilarmar'' for ''village des arts marocains'' (village of moroccan arts). You should come to Vilarmar. It is worth the visit even if you are not going to buy anything. We are still in Salé, but very different from the medina. All handicrafts but mainly potteries.To know more, go to my Salé page
Shopping in Morocco is a unique experience. No visit to Morocco would be complete without visiting a souk. The skill at which a shopkeeper can get you to not only pay several times what he would charge another Moroccan, but to get you to buy something you don't even want is amazing. All you have to do is show the slightest interest in something and the game begins. Ask the price and you've bought it already as far as the shopkeeper is concerned! They'll start at ten times a fair price if they think you'll pay it. They have nothing to lose except some time, which you will notice they never run short in supply in Morocco. REQUIRES PATIENCE!! Stick to what you feel is a fair price. Once you reach your top price keep repeating it, over and over. They'll counter with "what is your best price" over and over again too. Eventually they'll get the point. I think I've mastered that skills by now....
All the shop that line the narrow streets of Chaoun are bristling with colour and sweet smells. Most shops sell things for tourists like hats, cushions, shawls, pipes, Arabictea pots and glasses, ‘traditional’ Arabic clothes, plates, lamps, marble chess sets, ornate tables, little wooden boxes, leather bags, flavoured tobacco, rugs and lots of other interesting looking things.Just take a look at the photo for an example of all the different kinds of things you’ll find there waiting for you. You’ll be spoilt for choice if you’re looking for gifts to take back to your friends and family. It's all so cheap. You'll be amazed.
We're not very good at bargaining and probably overpaid in some cases, but we paid what we felt was fair. Here are some shopping ideas:Essaouira: small thuja wood boxes Tamri: honey, argana products at a bright store on the right as you approach the town from the west.Draa Valley : freshly harvested dates (Sept.) Dades Valley: rosewater productsMarrakech Artisanal Co-op:Brightly coloured babouches (slippers) Long Vivid scarves. sequinned triangle head scarves Mirror with brass frame Marrakech Souks:Short lightweight kaftan-like shirts Large Safi bowl Send me a message if you have specific questions about costs.
I should write this as a tip in my warning or danger tips, but really the internet in general in Morocco is so slow, I think in most of the cities and villages, you'll go nuts with that incredible turtle line, but in big cities like Marrakech and Casablanca it is ok!
The Souk in Tetouan is very famous and full of attractive shops with all a tourist could dream to buy as gifts!and sellers knows they could low prices for the tourists, you have to try harder with the stubborn headed ones LOL
Mario is my friend from Portugal he is a dentist and he is passing his specialization in Dijon France with me, he came to Morocco and had a shopping in Tetouan, I tried a *Tarboush* which is the oriental "from Turk times" traditional hat!and he looked really nice, you could always have such souvenirs!
I don't wanna sound so romantic, but nothing truly is better than gathering some of the great seashells on African coasts, they are much bigger then ordinary ones you can found in Europe, with magical colors!I had some great ones and gave as a gift to my close people!Adding to normal souvenirs, this is the art of nature! It's for free, no one is more generous than the nature!
Riad Kniza Marrakesh
2 Reviews and 563 Opinions Beautifully decorated room, cozy aura, clean bathroom, delicious food and warmhearted staff. I got...
Hyatt Regency Casablanca
5 Reviews and 137 Opinions I worked very hard during the day in a office witout air conditioned. You can understand how I was...
Villa Maroc Essaouira
4 Reviews and 152 Opinions Suites #27, #29,#30 are built around an open central light well. There is no way to insulate any of...
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