How Do You Haggle In Morocco Medinas & Souks?
Shopping in Morocco is not–I repeat–not like shopping in the local farmer’s market or Wally-World in the west. No, you’ll need plenty of know-how (eHow) before you venture into the ravenous medinas of Morocco. Buy a plane ticket to Morocco from your home country. This is easily done by hopping to Europe and getting a cheap flight on a cheaper airline carrier, or hopping to southern Spain and riding the ferry over (about 45 minutes from Tarifa). Buy a Berber bag. This is a plastic bag full of purplish and pink-esque rainbow stripes. Some are open at the top while others can be zipped. You’ll pay about the equivalent of one Euro or $1.50 USD for it. You’ll need this so that you can not only carry your wares and goods, but also so vendors think you live in Morocco (thereby a local). Get a lot of dirham (the local currency) coins. They’ll either tell you they have no change or they’ll run around for thirty-minutes looking for it. If a small child disappears with your money for a while, s
