Morocco - The Souks of Marrakech

The souks (open air marketplace) in Marrakech are quite literally a maze of streets lined with hundreds of shops selling every type of merchandise imaginable. I loved meandering through the streets and looking at all the spices, fruits, colorful cloths and scarves, purses, shoes, pots, and and other tiny trinkets. Though I could have done without the constant harrassment from shop owners and street peddlers - a nuisance that every foreign traveler in those regions has to deal with, but that I felt particularly prone to as a single female traveler.

It's amazing how the merchants probably speak at least 5 languages on a very basic level. Occasionally when some stranger bothered me I would try to speak Spanish, thinking they wouldn't understand me and leave me alone. Lo and behold, they would just reply to me in Spanish and so I would keep up the charade and managed to successfully pull off the guise of being Spanish.

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Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, Jema el Fnaa

Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, Jema el Fnaa
Jema el Fnaa

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Snake charmer in Jema el Fnaa

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Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, colorful slippers

Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, cloth shop

Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, ceramic shop

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Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, colorful ceramic

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Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Souks, Souq, spices

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Technically not a part of the souks, but this was delicious tagine!