Souks Shopping Tours

Discover unique wares and support local businesses in Marrakech with our Private Souks Shopping Tours. Find the best deals, meet local artisans, and learn the art of bargaining!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Jemaa el-Fnaa - The famed medina of Marrakech is a shopper’s paradise, but with literally thousands of shops packed into a maze of small alleyways it can be an overwhelming experience.
What's Included
  • Expert guide
Additional Information

Let’s uphold our local enterprises. Marrakech is a haven for shopaholics, but navigating the thousands of stores nestled in a tangle of narrow streets can be daunting. Allow us to snag the ideal bargains for you.

To ensure you maximally benefit from the medina, your guide will escort you to the finest establishments, where local craftsmen create and vend exclusive traditional goods, excluding the touristic ones. Engage with creators who are experts in their industries, understand their family-run businesses, their craft, and sense their dedication to their profession.

At the onset of the 3-hour excursion, you’ll be questioned about the items you’re primarily drawn to, enabling your guide to craft a custom itinerary that aligns perfectly with your requirements.

As you scrutinize the shops, your guide will enlighten you about the clever tactics of bargaining. Familiarizing yourself with some essential Arabic terms and expressions will significantly uplift your shopping expeditions!

A portion of the tour’s profit contributes towards different entrepreneurial initiatives for local communities.

Location
فندق علي
Rue Moulay Ismail
The entrance of the hotel Ali in the big square Jamaa El Fna
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Wanderer08666251796
Aug 7, 2024
A walk around the old city - Thank you for the excursion around some parts of the old city. It was interesting and informative. Ahmed has answered all our questions and gave us a lot of interesting details about Moroccan culture and customs.
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Catherine_i
Jul 30, 2024
Reassuringly good guide and great experience - We met Youssef just off the main square and he was great from the start, really nice manner and so knowledgeable about the area, history and culture. He guided us on what was good practice in the Souks and how to barter. He took us through the Souks in an ordered way and gave us details on the history and areas within. He took us to a place that specialised in herbs, oils and we got to mill the Argon oil. We went to a place that gave a demo on wood turning, a tannery and a dyer. There were option to purchase from these places but no pressure if we didn't want to. We also saw sand coffee being made and stopped for a cup! If you’re interested in the souks but feel overwhelmed as we did, then this is 100% the tour and guide for you! We started at 10am and it was a good time for us as later in the tour it was starting to get very hot, so we felt the earlier start worked better for us. Youssef was a brilliant guide!! Really friendly, we were a group aged between 6years old and 77 years old and he kept all of us engaged!!
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Zoe_e
Jul 29, 2024
Highly recommend tour! - Thank you to our wonderful tour guide Youssef. We learned a lot about the history of Marrakech, as well as the history of the souks and explored all the streets. Youssef also helped us bargain with the shop owners which is part of the Moroccan culture. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone wanting to explore the souks. Thank you, we had a great time!
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Lebenamg
Jul 26, 2024
Can’t recommend enough as a solo female black traveller - Youssef is great, not only was patient with me as I was late. But the whole shopping experience was amazing. He taught us how to bargain and took us to shops that had the best out of the rest. I felt completely safe as a solo traveler. Throughout this tour, he also shared some Marrakech history about the souks and in general. I loved that! What made this 11/10 was helping us get our shopping bags to our riads safely as we went about the day.
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665zoep
Jul 26, 2024
Highly recommend!! - Thank you to our wonderful tour guide Youssef. We learned a lot about the history of Marrakech, as well as the history of the souks and explored all the streets. Youssef also helped us bargain with the shop owners which is part of the Moroccan culture. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone wanting to explore the souks. Thank you, we had a great time!
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Michael_s
Jul 11, 2024
Perfect Tour of The Medina - Youssef was an excellent tour guide. Extremely knowledgeable and always happy to answer our questions. His knowledge of the Medina and Marrakech as a whole made for an unforgettable tour and experience.
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Poppy570
Jul 7, 2024
A great insight into the hidden souk of Marrakesh - A great informative insight into the souk of Marrakesh by a great informative and humorous guide. We had a wonderful time looking, absorbing, and experiencing the local life and culture. Youssef was an ideal host and we will book other trips with him if we have time and that is praise indeed ! X
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Victor
Jul 4, 2024
Walking with a real local - Youssef is an incredible guide. He knows the locals and has a deep knowledge of Moroccan culture. We got surprise because he presented us places where just the locals know.
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48valterd
Jun 29, 2024
Marrakech souk - Interesting hike. It is not aimed at selling but let you see and understand what is behind a souk, the scents, life, colors, etc.
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Excursion53867464425
Jun 23, 2024
Best shopping experience ever! - Housed in the best Tour Guide. This was my first time visiting Merrakech. I could not be happier with how welcoming and friendly everyone was. Youssef was my tour guide. Youssef is great!! I appreciate learning about culture and history and I found it very helpful that Youssef told us about the history of the Medina and it really helped me understand the culture behind shopping and having a really good experience. I loved that every place we went was one of the many best shopping locations and experiences that the Medina had to offer. Also, not every location was picked by our guide Youssef, when we saw something that caught our eye, we would stop and shop. Sometimes we would just look and sometimes we would buy. As Youssef would say, we were the bosses, and he would do a great job of getting us to all the different shopping locations that the Medina had to offer. I specially liked how Youssef helped me negotiate the price for the perfect rug that I wanted. Best time ever! Thank you Youssef.
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