Rabat – Rabat’s Medina is more than a historic district, with its narrow streets revealing a world of Moroccan crafts, jewelry, flavors, and living traditions at every turn.
It’s a place where beauty is in the eye of the beholder, with something to catch everyone’s eye.
Here’s what you can find, buy, taste, and discover as you wander through the Medina.
The charm of ‘Souika’
In Souika and Souk Sebbat, visitors can find traditional clothes and fabrics, including djellabas, caftans, scarves, embroidered textiles, and babouches.
The area is also famous for leather goods, with shops selling handmade slippers, bags, belts, and other leather accessories.
For jewellery, Rue des Consuls and Souk Sebbat are among the places to explore, with shops offering silver and gold jewellery, Amazigh-inspired pieces, rings, bracelets, and necklaces.
Rue des Consuls is famed for its Rbati carpets, adding colorful pieces to the Medina’s shopping scenery.
Home decor finds
Home decor is another part of Medina’s glam. Visitors can discover copper lanterns, traditional trays, woven baskets, pottery, embroidered fabrics, and vintage objects.
The Medina is also home to distinctive pottery, with beautifully crafted tagines, vases, and lamps, as well as a range of traditional basketry.
These pieces can bring a touch of the Medina into any home, adding Moroccan charm and character to everyday spaces.
Street food
Along Rue Souika, the Medina comes alive with small, family-run eateries serving some of Morocco’s beloved street food.
Visitors can stop for freshly made msemen, kefta, fish, or maakouda sandwiches, alongside comforting bowls of harira.
The street is also home to traditional pastry shops filled with Moroccan favorites, including kaab ghzal, also known as gazelle horns, and delicate almond cakes.
No visit is complete without a glass of Moroccan mint tea or fresh orange juice, the perfect accompaniment to these sweet and savory treats as you explore the Medina’s lively streets.
L’gerrab: Medina’s walking heritage
Medina visitors may also come across the l’guerrab, the traditional Moroccan water seller, traditionally recognizable by his red outfit and decorated water container.
L’guerrab is closely associated with Morocco’s traditional street culture.
Though the practice is now becoming less common in everyday life, but still it remains a symbol of Morocco’s living heritage and the Medina’s in particular.
