28 city guides · 3-day shopping itineraries
3-day city guides covering local markets, boutiques, design districts and the best souvenirs.
From the dawn haggle at Mina Fish Market's carpet hall to Saadiyat's museum design shops and Al Ain …
Laurel soap sold by the kilo, hand-hammered copper, raw silk by the metre, and the boutique streets …
From the spice sacks of Al-Balad's covered souks to concept stores in Jabal Amman and fair-trade cra…
From the Abbasid-era wholesale alleys of Shorja to the coppersmiths of Safafeer, the couture atelier…
Hand-carved cedar, apple-harvest preserves and Maronite craft picked up across a village strip, a UN…
From the sacks of sumac in Souk el Tayeb to Lebanese couture in Saifi Village and the copper alleys …
Spice sacks in Bzouriyya, hammered trays in the coppersmiths' lane, silk by the metre, then Shaalan …
Falcon shops and saffron stalls in Souq Waqif, Qatari designer ateliers in Msheireb, and pearl jewel…
From the 300 jewellers of Deira to Alserkal's design ateliers and the perfume labs of Satwa — Dubai'…
Israel's only tax-exempt city: Eilat Stone jewellery, kibbutz date shops, ice-rink malls and marina …
From Talpiot's 1940 Bauhaus market hall to Druze craft stalls on the Carmel ridge…
From the 5.5km Safavid arcades of the Grand Bazaar to Chaharbagh boutiques, minakari workshops and t…
Gold sold by the gram, agarwood by the tola, tailored thobes in 48 hours and the concept shops of Sa…
Halva by the kilo at Mahane Yehuda, hand-painted Armenian ceramics, Mamilla's stone colonnade and wo…
From the 1880s courtyards of Mubarakiya to Salmiya's concept stores and the marble mile of The Avenu…
From 22-karat counters off Government Avenue to Bani Jamra's pit looms and Adliya's gallery boutique…
Khorasan saffron, Neyshabur turquoise, hand-knotted Baluch rugs and Iran's biggest pilgrim malls, fr…
Night markets that trade until Fajr, Clock Tower perfume houses weighing oud on brass scales, and th…
From the covered stalls of Al Manakha to Al Noor Mall's abaya arcade, Quba Road date packers and the…
From haggling for Bedouin silver in Mutrah's alleyways to air-conditioned marble malls and Omani des…
From the carpet auctions of Souq Al Zal to the JAX studios and the date sacks of Aziziyah — where Ri…
From the frankincense stalls of Al Haffa to Lulu's spice aisles and the abaya ateliers of Al Salam S…
Copper hammerers, jambiya cutlers, oud perfumers and Hadda Street boutiques, mapped across three day…
From the Gulf's oldest covered market to gold-lined Blue Souk arcades, plant nurseries and Emirati p…
Vaulted Qajar caravanserais, khatam marquetry workshops, gaz nougat counters and the tile-lined bout…
Hand-knotted Tabriz rugs, Qajar-era jewelry vaults, silver-worked copper and mountain-village handic…
From the 10 km² labyrinth of the Grand Bazaar to Tajrish spice stalls and north-Tehran concept bouti…
Levinsky spice alleys, Neve Tzedek's independent labels and Jaffa's Ottoman junk stalls, mapped into…