THE SOUKS OF ALEXANDRIA ======================= In Alexandria two souKs can be recommended for visitors. Firstly, among food markets, Souq Ibrahimiyya is a favourite little market in town for peeking into daily Egyptian life as it goes about its business. It’s packed to the brim with bright fruits and vegetables, piles of still-wet seafood, and stalls selling all kinds of clucking poultry and meats, both before and after they’ve seen the butcher’s block. It’s best in the morning, when the vendors are at their most vocal and enthusiastic. Secondly, among handicraft bazaars , the Attarine souk is a maize of little streets, too narrow for cars to fit, that houses literally hundreds of little antique shops and boutiques. It’s called the Zinqat as-Sittat market (which literally translates to ‘the women’s squeeze’). You’ll find some good deals to bargain for here. It’s an uncovered bazaar so it’s not as stuffy as others. Local young folks prefer the malls to the souqs these days, so if you’re interested in modern Egyptian fashion, that’s where you’ll find it - See more at: marakanda.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:41:05 +0000
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