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If you want to discover the Egypt’s
specialties, chat with the locals, buy souvenirs and art
objects, or fresh fruits and gourmet goodies, or if you want to
see the craftsman working, then you should go to the market
place. In Cairo’s crowed markets you can find all of these and
much more! In Tentmakers Bazaar you can find appliqué-work; if
you are passionate by musical instruments, the market from
Mohammed Ali Street is the right place to go. On the Wekala al-Balaq
street market are for sale different types of fabrics and also
Egyptian cotton. In the Camel Market you can see hundreds of
camels brought even from other countries. There is one thing
that is not missing from any market in Egypt: the fabrics. Rich
in all kinds of colors, waves and ornaments, the fabrics are
everywhere, stealing the visitors` eyes. The Wekalat Al-Balah
market is well known for its diversity of fabrics. There you
also can buy car covers, new and used clothes, and other thing
like chains for motorcycles; a whole alley is reserved for
motorcycles chains! The curtains, fabrics and laces from the
Wekalat Al-Balah market are sold in little shops, outside on the
streets, or in very large shops that have beautiful pillars. The
prices in the Wekalat Al-Balah market are low since the same
products are sold in a lot of shops; here you can buy fabrics at
half of the price you would pay in other shops. And since the
bargain is a must in the Egyptian markets, you can achieve nice
souvenirs at very nice prices. Clothing of all types, bed linen,
towels in jolly colors, fabrics for garden’s furniture, all of
these can be found in this market place. Even a yellow boiler
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