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Starting from the Jma el Fna, there are two major lanes going north. Coming from the Jma, you have the Rue Mouassin on your left, and the Rue Souq Smarine on your right. Along these you will find many touristic shops and boutiques, most of them will be specialized in either carpets, leather, silver or antiques. These are just resellers. you can get a lower price at the place some things are made.
Written May 30, 2004
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You will find lots of places selling these kind of baskets. Usualy made by women, they usually also sell them walking by the streets moving place to place.
What to buy: baskets. they need to be put inside water no to dry out and break.
Written May 30, 2004
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Marrakesh is the perfect place for shopping altough much smaller cities sometimes have smaller prices also. It really depends actually.
Don't buy anything at the first price. When anyone ask for 1000 you say 500. It's all about business. Also a nice tip is that they always ask for your origin country to rise the price. Americans, british, new zealands, canadian and australiana dn japanese also are ask sometimes 3 times more or double the price that a normal spanish italian or portuguese. It makes sense for their head actually, they do know money differencies between western countries...
Updated May 30, 2004
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What to buy: Before going to the desert, don't forget your "chech"! It protects you from the sun but also from the cold, the wind and the sand!!! You can find them in every colors in a lot of souks. Blue is more the colors of the berber nomads... But I don't wear a lot of blue things, so I bought a red one and a green one !
Don't hesitate to ask the salesman to show you how to put it on the head... there a so many ways to do it!
What to pay: It should be around 20 DH.
Updated Mar 12, 2004
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You can buy a tajine in the souks. The souks are special on a way that you have to bargain there as much as you can!!!!
What to buy: If you like cooking, a tagine is a very useful "souvenir" (even if it is a bit heavy)!!!!
There are also nice little ones to put salt and peper (less heavier and also very useful)
What to pay: Again, you have to bargain as much as you can!!!! (see local customs). For a basic tajine like on the picture, the normal price is about 30-40 DH... for a nicer one with decoration, my friend Bridget succeed to negotiate a price of 80 DH... a very good price according to our morrocan friends!!!!!
Written Dec 12, 2003
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Babouches are leather slippers which come in all colours.
They look to be very comfoartble but I didn't see any tourists walking around in them...
Written Nov 29, 2004
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