Art & Craft shopping in Morocco
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Mohammed Ben El-Hair
Mt Everest is overrated; the most thrilling mountain to scale is the one of colourful Berber carpets in this tiny shop. Charming elderly proprietor Abu Mohammed ushers you in with a smile and mint tea, then waves towards the mountain with a single word of English: 'Democracy!' This is your invitation to clamber up, and start pulling down whatever carpets appeal to you. The prices are more than democratic; they're downright proletarian.
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Galerie Jamil Des Beaux Arts
While art on the street is naïf at best, this gallery just off Seffarine Sq offers interesting work, mostly in oils, by Fassi father-and-son team Hassan and Mohammed Jamil. Other artists are represented too, and there are objets d'art such as painted doors on sale.
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Ensemble Artisanal
This government-backed arts-and-crafts centre is a good place to see the range of local crafts and watch the artisans at work. There’s no haggling, as prices are fixed, but they are also much higher than in the souqs.
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Association Tilal des Arts Plastiques
Essaouira has a reputation as an artists hub, and several galleries around town sell works by local painters. The Association Tilal des Arts Plastiques features up-and-coming artists.
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Espace Othello
Essaouira also has a reputation as an artists hub, and several galleries around town sell works by local painters. Espace Othello features up-and-coming artists.
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Exposition Nationale d’Artisanat
If you’d rather avoid haggling altogether, head for the Exposition Nationale d’Artisanat, where you’ll find three floors of fixed-price crafts.
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Tannery
Leatherwork is one of the local specialities. You can go straight to the source of it at the small tannery in the north of the medina.
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Galerie du Sud
At Galerie du Sud artist Amahou Mohamed sells his striking paintings mounted in frames made out of recycled bike tyres.
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Pottery Stalls
There are some good Pottery Stalls set up on the western side of Place el-Hedim.
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