Marrakech – a great city for shopping.

Today we focus on the Atika shoe store in the new town of Guèliz (34 Rue de La Liberté) in Marrakesh.

Leather and suede shoes for men, women and children – for a fraction of European prices, come and find exact copies of Tod’s driving shoes – large selection of colours and styles from about 40 euros. The store is often crowded with customers loading up on shoes for several years, it seems.

Their sister store Tesoruccio, along the street towards rue Mohamed V, sells children’s shoes.

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If you plan to visit Marrakech, then do stay with us in one of our twin riads.

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Cool Marrakech Chic Riads’ directory of great stores in Marrakesh

 Stores in Sidi Ghanem, the design district of Marrakech, Morocco. More stores added to Cool Marrakech Chic Riads’ directory of great stores in Marrakesh: handwoven fabrics, beautiful candles, great one-off items, modern retro furnishings and Moroccan beauty products. Read more ….
http://www.riadariha.com/blog-faqs/stores-in-design-district-of-marrakech.htm 

Lilah Spirit does great one-off objects, wonderful linen and L'Orientaliste scents.
33 rue Majorelle, 294 Sidi Ghanem
Tel. 06 60 10 37 95

Florence Teillet’s showroom for wonderful hand-woven fabrics - everything from desert tones to vibrant shades. 

Florence makes wonderful blankets, wall drapes and scarves. Her designs are executed by local weavers.  Best to phone ahead to make an appointment to see her showroom as it is often closed.
Tel.: 06 61 22 59 05

Ardevivre boutique and showroom in the design district of Marrakesh, Sidi ghanem. Modern retro look in furniture, lamps, decorative items – all original and unique designs using natural materials: leather, linen, canvas, wood, stainless steel.

http://www.ardevivre.com/
437, Quartier Industriel Sidi Ghanem.
Tel: +212524336610 \ +212660741246

Amira Bougies / Amira Candles --  If you are planning a big party or a wedding it's almost worth trekking here to source your candles, some of which are the size and shape of Ali Baba jars.  There are some lovely wax holders with carved metal inserts that cast a lovely pattern from the candlelight emanating from the centre of the holder—don’t leave them out in the sun though otherwise they will melt as surely as those wings of Daedalus did when he tried to fly.
If you can’t make it there, you can now buy their products online.
http://www.amiracandles.com/
277 Sidi Ghanem
Tel.: 05 24 33 62 47

 Magasin Général
A relative newcomer to the Sidi Ghanem design district, the Magasin Général sells modern and vintage furniture – with some unique designs. Large showroom with a general store atmosphere.
www.magasingeneral.ma
369 Sidi Ghanem, Marrakech
Tel. 05 24 33 66 73

Les Sens de Marrakech
For a great line of Moroccan beauty products, this store is worth a visit. Many products feature argan oil and are all organic and come in lovely containers.
17 QI Sidi ghanem
Tel. 05 24 33 69 91
www.lessensdemarrakech.com

For the serious shoppers in Marrakech

Marrakesh has a whole district of designers located on the outskirts of Marrakech along the road to Safi. It’s called Sidi Ghanem and if you’re serious about shopping, it’s the place to head for.
It does not look chic – in fact it’s the industrial area of Marrakech with factories, stoneworks and plumbing stores BUT the true seeker can also find designer stores and great merchandise.

The layout is not at all a confusing labyrinth like the medina of Marrakech. It’s laid out on a grid system with all roads at right angles to one another.  Click here for a map of Sidi Ghanem Marrakesh http://www.sidighanem.net/plan-sidighanem-marrakech-maroc.php

Most of the interesting stores are along the first two East-West streets but there are a couple of stores worthy of going to the furthest street north.  Newer stores are opening up now along the north-south road that leads to Targa.

Many of the places are a long walk away from one another so rather than slogging along the streets in the heat, the best way to do it is to either hire a car or hire a grand taxi for a day or half a day and the driver chauffeurs you from place to place.

You can stop for lunch at a great French bistro restaurant on 517, rue principale - Quartier industriel Sidi Ghanem called LE ZINC – great food, reasonable prices. The website: www.durandtraiteur.com

Open for lunch every day except Sunday and dinner Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

We will highlight some of the stores in the coming days. Today we are focusing on a linen store, PRETTY LINGE, www.prettylinge.com
Unit 317 on the first floor on  Telephone number 05 24 33 58 83, cell for Soundouss 06 61 23 83 73.

We bought some of our bed linens in Riad Chi-Chi at this store – notably the embroidered pillowcases.

The owner, Soundouss produces beautiful bed linens in pure Egyptian cotton, percale and cotton satin with lovely embroidery on them – you can choose the pattern and colour you want. You can also have towels, bathrobes embroidered with your initials. She also has some small household items, children’s items and lots of lovely gift ideas.



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Super-chic store in Marrakech MOOR

Super chic store in the new town of Marrakech, Guèliz. Inspired by the medina of Marrakech and its craftspeople, Yann designer and style director, revisits traditional Moroccan embroidery creating clothing and interior design accessors in a pure spirit using couture techniques - the result: fabulous tunics, cushions and other items made a very high standard.  Even the décor is super-stylish. Well worth the trip to visit.

Sister store to Akbar Delights in Marrakech medina.

http://www.riadariha.com/blog-faqs/moor-super-stylish-store-marrakech.htm

Posted by Riad Ariha (www.riadariha.com )and Riad Chi-Chi (www.riadchichi.com )

Shopping delights in Marrakech

AKBAR DELIGHTS

Another in our selection of stores with upmarket design products in Marrakech. Visit Akbar Delights’ website first to be inspired to seek them out.  Lovely selection of tunics and other better quality clothing as well as smart household accessories.

They now have a store in the medina and in Guèliz, the new town of Marrakesh. 

AKBAR DELIGHTS

Place Bab Fteuh, just behind the main square, Place Jemaa el Fna’

Marrakech Medina

  

Rue de la Liberte  42

1^st Floor  Appt 47

Gueliz, Marrakech

Tel : 06 71 66 13 07

www.akbardelights.com

info@akbardelights.com

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Aya's Boutique store in Marrakech

We are starting a directory of great stores to visit in Marrakesh.

Our first is Aya’s. Nawal, the owner of the store, has an eye for quality and design . You can order custom made Kaftans and Dresses.

Beautifully tailored and with hand stitching and embroidering. She also sells jewelry and select pieces for interior decoration. Best to go in the mornings when she is likely to be in the store. It is often closed in the afternoon. There are several photos of the rich and famous who have purchased in her store.

Aya’s Marrakech.  11 Bis , Derb Jdid Bab Mellah, (near to Tangia restaurant and Bahia Palace.  Tel: +212 (0) 524 38 34 28 -  Cell +212 (0) 661 46 29 16

Email  :  info@ayasmarrakech.com

www.ayasmarrakech.com