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Essaouira Shopping

Spice Souq

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Good for: fresh food, meeting locals, early evening

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Lonely Planet review for Spice Souq

For herbal Viagra, Berber lipstick, cures for baldness and exotic spices, the spice souq is the place to go. The jovial traders will try and draw you in with their more eccentric wares but the best buys are the aromatic spice blends for tajine, fish and chicken. You can also buy argan oil products here as well as the traditional amlou (about Dh40 per bottle). Nearby is the fish souq, an interesting place to wander even if you're not buying, and across Ave de l'Istiqlal, is the jewellery souq, a small area of jewellery shops with everything from heavy Berber beads to gaudy gold.

 

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    The evening shop

    humbucker recommends this,

    We rented an apartment in town for a few weeks and quickly settled on shopping in the souqs for the evening meal. As the sun goes down the markets get lively and we had a great time choosing fish, spices and vegetables for each meal. It's a wonderful thing to be able to shop instead of browse and to chat to store keepers.

    Good for: fresh food, meeting locals, early evening

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