Babouches (handmade leather slippers)

The perfect 90-dirham souvenir that actually gets used — and the ideal low-stakes item to practice your haggling before the rug negotiation

Price: 90 MAD (Settled price for genuine handmade leather pair (post-haggle benchmark 70-100 MAD; premium stitched-sole pairs 200+ MAD; openers 200-300 MAD))

Where to buy: Deep in the Marrakech babouche souk (past Souk Semmarine's tourist frontage) or Fes el-Bali cobblers' lane

Price checked 2026-07-03

• Sniff them: real leather smells of leather; petro-chemical smell = plastic pair worth 20 MAD max
• Check the sole is stitched, not just glued — glued soles die in weeks
• Pointed yellow is the traditional men's classic; round-toe dyed pairs are for the tourist eye — both fine, pay accordingly
• Start at one-third of the ask and settle near half; buying two pairs should get a further chunk off