Ali Baba’s cave is at Morocco!

Moroccans craftsman have an unbelievable talent to transform a product of our daily life into a beautiful object. The Moroccans craftsman uses many and varied materials such as leather, wood, clay, wool, etc. They work on these materials with traditional techniques while adding modernity. There are a thousand and one souvenirs gifts manufactured by skilled hands and sold for a cheap price to take home.

In order to immerse into the culture, the typical gifts to buy are slippers “Babouche” and dresses “Djelaba”, these are the typical outfit of Moroccans. In Morocco, men and women wear Djelaba, it is a long dress very confortable with pointed and soft hood, we can find it in all tissues and with all design and colours. Less typical but also a good quality, we can be tempted by cotton clothing handmade that are very wearable.

Babouches are mainly made of leather that is an art of working needing a genuine know-how. We can find bags, footstools, shoes, wallet, etc. meticulously handcrafted. However, don’t be afraid of strong leather smell because leather mainly from goatskins. So the smell is fairly strong but this proves the purity of the material.

Also, the weaving industry is undoubtedly the oldest craft in Morocco. Generations of young girls and women have succeeded behind rudimentary looms for carpet making. The best place to buy Moroccan carpet is Taliouine, located between Agadir and Ourzazate. Indeed, it’s the place where the prices are the cheapest and where you can find the most varieties.

Than, the silver’s price is very competitive in Morocco, so it’s one of the best places to buy silvers jewellery.  Rings, bracelets, necklaces, and hair ornament, you can find any kind of jewellery with genuine gemstone at low price. Also, Gazelle horn is a material very used to made jewellery, associated to silver it gives beautiful jewelry.

Another must-gift is the argan oil that can be find under two forms: cosmetic or edible. The argan tree is located essentially in Morocco and has lots of benefits for the body. In its cosmetic aspect, it's very good for hair and it's good anti ageing skin. It also have very good gastronomic qualities and brings lot of savour to dishes.

For fan of spices, Morocco is the Safran country. This spices is very expensive in European countries but there we can find it at a cheap price. To find it, Taroudant is the best place and also a beautiful city to visit. Generally, we can find all kinds of spices in Morocco.

According to me, the best places to find souvenirs gifts:

To find Argan Oil: Au Bonheur des plantes – Essaouira

To find silver jewellery: City of Zagora –Cooperative handicraftsman

To find carpet: City of Taliouine

To find spices: City of Taroudant

To find cotton clothing: City of Essaouira

To find precious stone: Road from Ouarzazate to Marakech – city of Tizi N Tichka