Workshops · Medina
A rug session with a curator
Two and a half hours with someone who takes no commission from anyone selling you a rug.
Buying a rug in Marrakech is not difficult. Buying the right one, at the right price, is. This session puts a curator between you and the market, and she is paid by us, not by the dealers.
You start with the vocabulary: Beni Ourain wool from the Middle Atlas, flatweaves from around Taznakht, Boucherouite made from cut clothing, Azilal with its irregular dye lots. You learn to read the back of a rug, to find the row where a weaver changed her mind, and to tell natural indigo from a chemical bath.
Then you go to two or three ateliers around Mouassine and Rahba Kedima. Buy or do not buy. The advice is the same either way.
Your comfort and privacy
- Private — your party only
- Exclusive table
- Prayer space on site
- Female guide available
- Children welcome
Ateliers open late morning and close before iftar.
Pairs well with
Experiences our concierges put alongside this one — for the hour they run, the direction they lie in, or simply because they suit each other.
The Mouassine quarter on foot
Fondouks, a douiria with painted ceilings, and the dyers' souk, in three unhurried hours. Arabic-speaking guide From 330 USD the private day, up to 6 guests
Dar El Bacha and Bacha Coffee
The pasha's palace, its museum of confluences, and the coffee room in the courtyard beyond. Arabic-speaking guide From 290 USD the private day, up to 6 guests