Attarine Souks

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, gandoras (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 .