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What better way to immerse yourself in Moroccan life than in the Souks of the Medina.
It is a bouquet of exceptional scents and beautiful colours between textiles, ceramics, leather, jewellery, spices, lamps and many other trinkets.
As you walk through the narrow streets, which are mostly covered with metal sheets to protect passers-by from the sun and rain, you will be amazed at the number of items that the vendors can fit into a shop the size of a wardrobe.
You’ll find shelves of soft leather slippers, stalls of olives and dried fruit, colourful leather bags, hanging lamps, painted ceramics and walls covered with colourful oriental rugs, all carried by the scent of oriental spices.
You will be served by eager shopkeepers, eager to bargain.
It is an unforgettable experience.
The souks “markets” have each their local specificities.
In the souk of the ironmongers, the lanterns illuminate the galleries. Walking through the alleys, you will enter a fondouk (or caravanserai), an inner courtyard with several workshops where you can see the craftsmen working the tinplate.
The souk of the leatherworkers is located at the north of the place Jemaâ el-Fna. Here, craftsmen work with leather in all its forms: bags, slippers, cushions, belts and bracelets decorate the shop fronts.
To the south of Jemaâ el-Fna Square, Riad Zitoun el-Kedim Street is home to numerous shops and cafés. It is the artery that leads to the Place des Ferblantiers. The district is famous for its Jewish souk “Le Mellah”, specialising in herbs and spices. You can also visit the Bahia and El Badi Palaces.
To the north of the Medina you will find the two great local specialities with the tanners’ souk in the Bab Debbagh district where the hides are displayed on the gates and walls, then in the Mouassine district, the dyers’ souk with its coloured wools that the craftsmen dry in the sun.
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