Attarine Souks

Lonely Planet review

There's a cluster of souks just off the Talaa that are worth exploring. Coming from Bab Bou Jeloud, the first is Souk Triba, meaning 'square in shape', with a small orange tree and some cosmetic and electronic shops. Walk through to Souk Tallis where sacks for wool and wheat were sold. Now there's a carpet stall and several shops selling cloth for jellabas (cloak with a hood) - though many of the shops are now closed.

Continue through to the next souk, L'Hayek (; 09:00 - 12:30 & 15:00 - 17:00 Sat-Thu), which refers to the white cloth used for women's clothes. These days there are jellabas , (men's embroidered jacket and pants) and jabadors (garment worn under a jellaba, for men) , both machine- and hand-embroidered. There's a fountain in this souk, as well as in the next one, Souk Selham. Here a good-quality burnous (hooded cape for men) of the finest wool costs around DH600 . Other shops sell haberdashery. The last of these souks is L'Bali that used to sell old clothes, but now sells lengths of cloth (for women at around DH200 ) for jellabas, and babouches (leather slippers); for the latter, check out Alami Hassan .