Marrakech: Medina Souks Guided Walking Tour

MUSTAPHA nous a aidés à repérer les coopératives pour faire notre choix dans nos achats de souvenirs, il est venu spontanément vers nous, nous tenons à le remercier vivement

Our guide Ismael was really knowledgeable and relaxed. We booked a 3 hour private tour just for our family and he took us to places we requested like the gold and silver souk to buy a Moroccan tea pot and a stall for a football shirt for my son. He took us to the real authentic areas of the souk where we saw blacksmiths, the communal oven heating the hammam, a scarf maker and a herbalist who gave us demos. We also had a coffee heated in sand and the most delicious tagline at Backchich on a roof terrace while he waited for us. Tips for future travellers would be to have some Moroccan coins to tip people like the guys at the oven and to use a local toilet during the tour and also to avoid a Friday because it’s a day of religious observance so many stalls were closed. Highly recommend - great value for money as we’d never have been brave enough to venture into the depths of the souks without his local knowledge.

Was expecting more. Wanted to learn how to navigate, best ways to haggle, what were considered good prices for certain goods and best way to politely deal with all the harassment from people to buy. Repeatedly asked these questions with no direct responses. Got taken to a few obviously places where he got kickbacks and listened to sales speaches. I could have wandered around on my own and heard the same speels Waste of my money.