Shopping in Marrakech: a guide to typical products to buy

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Lovers of shopping, markets, handmade and typical products… Marrakech for you will be a paradise. You cannot visit Marrakech and resist the thousand temptations that local production offers. Between shops and souks, stalls and shopping centers, you will return with a suitcase of at least 3 kg more, we can guarantee you. If you want to bring home something unique you absolutely have to consider these products:

BUY CARPETS IN MARRAKECH

The carpets are one of the most beautiful and typical of Morocco, you will see many and beautiful in the Souk, between the streets and shops. The three models you will often see around are:

Rabati: carpets characterized by dark colors and the classic central medallion very worked, these are among the most expensive.

Chichaoua: they are simple with colors ranging from yellow to mustard to cream and you recognize them by zigzag motifs, very bohemian (not surprisingly our favorites). They are named after the homonymous district in which they are made and right there you find a cooperative that sells them at very competitive prices.

Kilim: they are those in which you disguise symbols and Berber letters like the eye of Allah

BUY CERAMICS IN MARRAKECH

They will be a real temptation for your shopping and for all the souvenirs that you will want to take away with you. In particular, you will be enchanted by dishes such as enameled Fes, colorful and in perfect Arabic style and tajins of all shapes and sizes.

PRECIOUS METALS

We decided to put under this item all the items that will surely attract your attention, including: earrings and necklaces, lanterns and lamps but also the classic teapots often sold together with the plate with elegant decorations and a set of six colored glass glasses (the Moroccan tradition wants all to be different)

BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO BUY IN MARRAKECH

Women will be particularly affected by the variety of products for face and body: black soap, Argan oilsometimes combined with essences such as amber and patchouli, black soap gommage, kohol and clay, rose water… In short, all the products always known for their fantastic properties and that have always nourished the renowned beauty of Arab women.

SHOPPING BETWEEN SPICES AND INFUSIONS

In your shopping you can not give up bringing with you the typical flavors of Marrakech. You must absolutely buy the spice mix for the meat stew in the Tajin which is particularly spicy and fragrant. Also do not forget to buy the fragrant mint teaor even the tasty, firm and full-bodied imperial.