Casablanca offers a varied shopping experience - from souks to luxury shops and from traditional to high fashion. Handicrafts are typically found in the souks which offer most types of traditional craftworks. Try Bab El Jedid in the old medina, which leads to the boulevard Tahar-El-Alaoui, a long market following the line of the ancient ramparts. Craftsmen and coloured stalls are found row after row and there is a copperware souk beside the Great Mosque and the old mellah.

"Outlets for jewellery and ready made clothing brands can also be easily sourced in the upmarket Gautier or Mäarif neighbourhoods and on boulevard d'Anfa. Casablanca also has a number of modern shopping centres."

Around the old Medina it's easy to find places selling traditional Moroccan goods, such as tagines, pottery, leather goods, hookahs, and a whole spectrum of geegaws, but it's all for the tourists. Much better to wait until you're in Fes and can bargain with someone who sells things to Moroccans and tourists alike. That said, the Maarif neighborhood (near the twin center) has many name-brand European and American fashion chains, such as Zara. Designer glasses, leather shoes, and "genuine" belts, bags, and shirts are good for bargain prices.

The Derb Ghraleef neighborhood has a large souq that is a wild experience. A cluster of small shanties, each one is loaded with "genuine" mobile phones, "genuine" watches, and "genuine" "brand name" clothing. The shops are separated by alleys no more than three feet wide, some of which double as drainage ditches. There are numerous fruit smoothie stands in the center, which make a good spot for regrouping and planning your excursion. The stall owners are, of course, kings of negotiating, and without a good handle on Arabic and a strong backbone, you're likely to pay well over the going rate for anything.