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Abdallah Ouazzani Ibrahimi
There are two rooms in this shop; one sells the usual range of carpets, while the other has interesting old hand-embroidered caftans and jellabas.
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Alami Hassan
Every colour and style of babouche you can think of is displayed in the otherwise rather drab Souk L'Bali, including red or yellow round-toed Berber slippers for men.
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Allal Art Gallery
This Aladdin's cave stocks a wide range of pierced-metal lamps and light fittings, wooden doors and windows, mashrabiya panels and jewellery.
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Antiquité Nejjarine
Samir Bousfiha's shop bulges with antiques - large pieces of furniture, doors and even whole painted ceilings, as well as smaller items like wooden writing boards at around DH1000 for an original, or around DH600 for a copy. For more portable souvenirs, check out the wide range of silver jewellery: thick bangles, old fibulas (brooches) and necklaces. Old silver is Dh15 per gram.
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Art Du Bronze
Handcrafted brass and metalware gleam from every corner of this large shop. Much is made on the premises and you can see the craftsman at work every day from to . Brass plates and teapots start at around DH150 . Good quality camel-bone mirrors start at around DH500 and there are filigree lanterns from around Dh2500.
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Au Coin Du Bois
Worth visiting if only to see a beautiful example of a Fassi house, this shop stocks large pieces of furniture which they'll arrange to ship home for you. There are tables, doors and windows, cupboards and chairs - some antique and some not. An old carved door will set you back some around DH4500 , a carved and painted box Dh1700.
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Au Petit Bazar Du Bon Acceuil
This treasure-house is worth a visit. It stocks old and modern jewellery including some seriously good Berber pieces such as fibulas and pendants, old carpets and traditional clothing, objets d'art, embroidery, ceramics, glassware and metalware. Upstairs are good pieces of wooden furniture. Women by themselves may not feel comfortable shopping here.
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Bachir El Meski
Coin purses, wallets and handbags in all colours abound in this shop (from around DH5 ). Sandals and round-toed Berber slippers cost around DH30 to around DH100 . There are pouffes from around DH55 to around DH300 : goatskin is at the upper end of this price range, while tooled camel- and goatskin is Dh150.
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Card Shop
This pretty little shop sells good-quality postcards and posters. There are some gifts too such as tadelakt (smooth, lustrous lime plaster).
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Chez La Famille Berbère
Khalid and Zouhaïr pride themselves on their metalwork lamps; a wall sconce in wrought iron and copper is around DH60 . They also have a wide range of ceramics, small pieces of wooden furniture (a collapsible carved cedarwood table inlaid with brass is around DH600 ), and decorated tea glasses.
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Coin Berbere
A trio of shops can be found here at the junction of Talaa Kebira and Derb el-Horra, all owned by the Bouzidi-Idrissi family. The largest stocks seriously good antique ceramics, embroidery, doors and furniture. Across the street is a carpet shop with antique and new carpets made by various Berber tribes, and next door to that is good jewellery, mostly silver and coral.
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Coin De Henne
This tiny shop stocks medicinal herbs and spices, essential oils, flower waters and perfumes. Si Mohammed el-Amrani sells good honey from the south, and tubs of argan oil-based cream for wrinkles. There's also traditional incense, including gum arabic, sandalwood and frankincense. And wonderful clocks!
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Coin Des Instruments Musical
Ahmed stocks both decorative and professional musical instruments. A good oud (lute) will set you back around DH1500 to around DH2000 . They aso sell ceramic darbuka (goblet drum) and hadjouj (bass lute).
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Cooperative Artisanale
Just about anything made of leather can be found in this shop, with the exception of clothing. If you're loking for a large portmanteau, a briefcase or handbags you'll get them at this great shop.
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Dar Tazi
This large building houses a guesthouse, a restaurant and a ground-floor carpet shop. Drinking mint tea is de rigueur while you peruse the rugs of every colour and quality that will be theatrically unfurled at your feet.
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Derb Fez El-Jdid
The kissariat along this bustling thoroughfare are home to stalls selling jellabas of every possible colour, quality, price and cut. Utilitarian polyester and wool styles predominate, but it's also possible to access Bollywood-style confections in satin and silk, as well as truly frightening faux-leopard-skin numbers.
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Dried Fruit Shop
Hafid Alaoui sits plum in the middle of his meticulous pyramids of dried fruit and nuts at this large stall next to the Chemmaine Funduq. The very best quality dates come from Erfoud. There are also apricots, plump almonds and pecan nuts in the shell.
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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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Ghazal Miloud
Every type of olive can be found here, along with preserved lemons and various vegetables that gleam colourfully from the shelves. Olives flavoured with chillies or lemon rind cost around DH16 per kilogram.
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Herboristerie Bou Inania
This large shop sells natural soaps, vegetable oils such as argan and olive, essential oils, musk perfume, ghassoul (clay that comes in chips or powder form) which is a natural soap and exfoliant excellent for skin and hair, and incense. There's also a wide range of traditional medicines and spices. It's off Talaa Kebira, near the Bou Inania Medersa.
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Kelim Berber
Here's a large shop, of Talaa Kebira, with a wide range of old and new carpets, hendiras and cushion covers. A thick, creamy new Beni Ouaraine carpet measuring 3m x 2m costs around DH1500 , whereas an old one is around DH6000 . They also have a range of cushion covers.
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Kissariat
The kissariat (covered markets) at the bottom of Talaa Kebira have dozens of tiny shops selling babouches in every colour, fabric and design. Here, you can get yourself a top-quality, hand-stitched pair of leather babouches for around DH120 . Only men wear yellow or white. Venture further into the kissariat to discover a wealth of bright yellow-gold wedding jewellery and superb fabrics.
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L'art Bleu
A glorious profusion of colour greets you in this shop of silk fabrics made from aloe cactus. There are scarves and bed covers. Ali will make them to order on the looms in the shop with one day's notice; just choose your colours.
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L'art Traditionnel
Pierced brass, sometimes with opaque or coloured Iraqi glass, is used for all the lanterns here: an ostrich-egg size costs around DH900 , a small lantern around DH1400 and one with glass inserts around DH1200 . There are also carved wooden chests, tables and old doors. The shop is contracted to Medina Express for easy shipping.
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Maison D'artisanat
Here you can find pouffes, shoes, bags and belts at reasonable prices, all made right here in the Funduq Tazi .
