Where To Shop in Essaouira
Rue Bou Toumment. The newest boutique in town, selling a small range of beautifully made leather, glass jewellery and table linen.
GALERIE DES ARTS FRÉDÉRIC DAMGAARD
Avenue Oqba Ibn Nafia (00 212 524 78 44 46). Danish furniture designer Frédéric Damgaard has done more than anyone in Essaouira to promote the local gnawa painters. Others have now joined the market, but Damgaard's long-established gallery still represents the best artists in town.
GALERIE JAMA
22 rue Ibnou Rochd (00 212 524 78 58 97). Tucked away near the sea wall, this shop has an exquisite collection of old textiles, silk kilims, beautiful leather bags and Berber jewellery.
KIFKIF
204 place du Marché aux Grains (00 212 661 08 20 41). Colourful, contemporary, Moroccan-made accessories and homeware, including table linen with coloured tassels, kids' towelling jellabas and great Seventies-style bags. There are also branches in Casablanca and Marrakech.
RAFIA CRAFT
82 rue d'Agadir, Bab Marrakech (00 212 524 78 36 32). The fibres of the doum palm have been woven into shoes and sandals in Essaouira for years and can be found all over town. Rafia Craft has some of the best, designed by an Italian and exported to Europe.
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