Meet your guide and agree on what you would like to look for.
A Marrakech shopping tour for travellers who want to take something home. Your guide leads you through the souks to the stalls and workshops for rugs and kilims, argan oil, spices, leather goods, metal lanterns and painted ceramics, explains what to look for in each, and helps when it comes to agreeing a price.
You decide what to buy and how much to spend. Along the way you pass through some of the old foundouks, the courtyard inns where craftsmen now have their workshops. For the landmarks of the old city, combine it with the Medina & Souks Walking Tour; for a hands-on session, add the Argan Oil Workshop.
Meet your guide and agree on what you would like to look for.
The main covered street, with textiles, leather and slippers.
Spice stalls, herbalists and argan products.
Metalwork, woodwork and leather workshops in the northern souks.
Time at a rug dealer to see pieces laid out, if rugs are on your list.
Near Jemaa el-Fna, or the medina gate closest to your riad.
Rugs and kilims, argan oil, spices, leather goods such as babouches and bags, metal lanterns, ceramics and textiles.
Small stalls usually take cash only. Some larger shops and rug dealers accept cards.
Many rug dealers offer shipping. The cost is agreed with the shop and is not part of the tour.
Both work. The souks are quieter in the morning and busier in the late afternoon.
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