SHOPPING IN EGYPT

Egypt is a wonderland of shopping opportunities. Of course, there are the famous bazaars such as the Khan el-Khalili, but then there are also thousands of unusual stores scattered about the country, and especially in Cairo, though some products are better purchased perhaps from the locale from which they are produced, such as alabaster in Luxor. However, Cairo provides a huge variety of everything from antiques to fine clothing and especially jewelry.

In some shops, you must haggle while in others the price will be set. Which type of store provides the best possible deals depends both on the shop itself and the haggling ability of the buyer an seller. Frequently though some of the best deals at the best consistent quality is found in stores with fixed prices. For example, one might haggle over a mother-of-pearl box in the Khan el-Khalili and wind up paying a fairly low price but for an inferior products, while in a fixed price shop, one might end up paying more, but for a far superior mother-of-pearl box.

The purpose for this section is to provide Tour Egypt readers with information both on how to shop in Egypt, as well as to enlighten them on how to tell what makes various products better or worse from the standpoint of quality. Of course, for those not traveling to Egypt, our Virtual Khan el-Khalili, Tour Egypt's online shop provides many quality products found inEgypt at reasonable prices.

General Shopping:

• Haggling

• More on Haggling

Specific Types of Products:

• Alabaster

• Tricks of the Trade: Purchasing Egyptian Alabaster

  Alabaster: Egypt's Rock of Ages

• Appliqué on the Street of the Tentmakers

• Basketry, Ancient and Modern

• Belly Dancing Costumes

• The Boozer's Guide to Egypt

• Egyptian Brass

• Buying Egyptian Cotton Products in Egypt

• Jewelry

  Buying Gold Jewelry in Egypt

• Mashrabiya Screens

• Mother-of-Pearl

• Music

• Musical Instruments

Papyrus

• Part 1: Historical Papyrus
  Part II: Purchasing Modern Papyrus Art

• Perfume Bottles, Hand Made

General and Specific Shops, Stores

• Al Khatoun

• Aladin Incens and Handicrafts

• Arkadia Shopping Mall

• Bazaar of the Tentmakers

• Bashayer and Om El Saad

• Books and Bookshops in Egypt

• Booksellers Market

• Clothing Stores in Cairo

• The Dates Market Sells Everything

• Fair Trade Center, Luxor

• Find great shopping at the Khan Misr Touloun

• First Mall in Cairo, Egypt

• The Khan el-Khalili, Egypt's Most Famous Market

• More on the Khan el-Khalili

• Tour The Khan el-Khalili

• Lehnert & Sandrock (Books and Photographs)

• Sednaoui

• Sounds of Cairo Music Shop

• Souq al-Goma'a (Friday Market)

• Wekalat Al-Balah Fabric Market

last updated: June 14th, 2011