Local products :

Argan Oil :

Before you go to Agadir you may have never ever even heard of Argan oil, but come back with 4 or more bottles of it in your suitcase. The Argan tree grows only in Morocco and only in the south. It cannot be cultivated! So it is a very unique and rare tree which does not have fruits regularly. But if it does, they make the most wonderful oil out of it. This oil has a nutty taste to it and has more vitamins and healthy oleins in it than any other oil! People use it in salads for, do not heat the oil as this will destroy its properties, as well as for medical treatments and cosmetic purposes.

Argan oil is VERY expensive (for the above reasons). In the souks they will sell it for about 120 DH (= 12 Euro) for a 250 ml bottle.

Chedd :

Before going to the desert, don't forget your "chedd"! (Arab Scarf) It protects you from the sun but also from the cold, the wind and the sand!!! You can find them in every colors in a lot of souks. Blue is more the color of the berber nomads... But if you don't wear a lot of blue things, buy a red one and a green one! Don't hesitate to ask the salesman to show you how to put it on the head... there a so many ways to do it! …It should be around 20 DH.

Spices :

This might be your absolute favourite shopping item! You will love the smells and taste of those oriental spices, so buy quite a few of them (which make your back pack smell beautifully!!) What particularly like is the mixtures - and in Morocco we have a 35 spices mix (at one place you even get a 45 spices mix!!!) for just about everything you cook and a 4 spices mix which is usually used when cooking fish. Since each "melange" (= mix) is slightly different, it might be a good idea to buy those mixtures at different places.

The mixes are much more expensive than the pure spices. At a supermarket you will pay between 13 and 15 DH for 100 grams, at the souk they initially wanted 40 and 60 DH for about the same spices, but we bargained and got the spices for 15 and 25 DH.