You will find the shops on the talaa kebira in fez phone 0535636946 email bouzidi8000.
Carpet sellers with fez are from.
I don t think a tourist will ever score a real bargain when negotiating with a carpet salesman but some post purchase research suggests i paid a fair and reasonable price.
Scammed in morocco a tale of two carpets.
The asking prices are outrageous and i offered about 25 30 percent less and we met somewhere around 46 50 percent of the asking.
But what they don t stress enough is how easy it is to be scammed in morocco especially by the carpet sellers of fes.
Although we had no grand plans to buy a carpet in fez that all got turned on its head when we stepped into hassan s traditional rug shop and a whole new adventure began.
The view from fez aims to promote interest and understanding of life in fez in particular and morocco in general.
Nah i don t think i was ripped off.
There are two main types of carpets in morocco.
The view from fez would like to thank the bouzidi idrissi family who generously gave of their time and expertise in compiling this series of articles.
Ali s art gallery 17 souiket dahbane sagha dez.
Shopping at fes carpet and rug co operative dar zarbia wavejourney visits a government controlled carpet and rug co operative in the fes medina in morocco during a 3 5 hour walking tour through the fes medina with a small group of 10 plus a local tourist guide momo and a security man to make sure nobody in our group got lost we.
I read one blog that said a moroccan carpet salesman could sell a herd of camels to an eskimo.
This is by no means an exhaustive list but here are a few stores that sell moroccan carpets that we shopped at during our search for the perfect rug.
All the featured rugs are available or similar styles and can be freighted anywhere in the world.
Buying a fez carpet the salesman hassan with his workers at the rug shop co operative presenting a vast array of different rugs for us to choose from.
Our contributors are based in the fez medina and in other centres around morocco.
Although we spent time in marrakesh meknes casablanca rabat and tangier all with their own brand of charm and interest it is to fes that i would return.
The view from fez is produced in fez by the registered company.
Moroccan carpet shops in fez.
Urban carpets and rural carpets.
Coin berbere bouzidi idrissi freres 67 talaa kebira haddadine fez medina email protected tel.
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