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fiogf49gjkf0d PRICES ARE NEGOTIABLE. FOR SOUVENIRS YOU CAN START
NEGOTIATING WITH 20 % OF THE ASKED PRICE.
ALABASTER IS FASHIONED INTO STATUETTES, VASES AND MANY
OTHER OBJECTS. ANTIQUITIES CAN BE FOUND BUT MANY ARE NOT
ORIGINALS. COPPER AND BRASS AND MADE INTO INTRICALLY CARVED
TURKISH COFFEE SETS AND SAMOVARS OR WATER CONTAINERS.
EGYPTIAN COTTON HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST GRADES IN THE WORLD.
CLOTHES CAN BE TAILOR MADE IN A MATTER OF DAYS. JEWELLERY
AND PRECIOUS STONES ARE AVAILIABLE AT VERY GOOD PRICES BY
EUROPEAN STANDARDS. LEATHER GOODS CONSIST OF BAGS, SATCHELS
AND CAMEL SADDLES. THE MOST FAMOUS WOODWORK IS THE
MASHRABIYYA WHICH IS FOUND AS LATTICED WINDOW SCREENS AND
ROOM DIVIDERS. THERE ARE ALSO AND ABUNDANCE OF CARVED
STATUES AND BOXES INLAID WITH MOTHER OF PEARL. STREET
VENDORS TOURIST SHOPS THE BAZAAR AND MARKETS ARE THE PLACES
TO SHOP FOR SOUVENIRS.
IN CAIRO TALAAT HARB STREET LEADS TO CAIROS MODERN SHOPPING
CENTRE DASR EL NIL. KHAN EL KHALILI IS CAIROS WELL KNOWN
HANDICRAFT BAZAAR. THERE ARE MANY TINY SHOPS SELLING A
MYRID OF THINGS RANGING FROM THE EXPENSIVE TO THE VERY
CHEAP.
FURTHER SOUTH ON THE WEST BANK OF THE NILE IS LUXOR. HERE
THERE IS A TOURIST MARKET JUST SOUTH OF LUXOR TEMPLE. AT
ASWAN THE OLD PART OF THE CITY IS A GOOD PLACE TO SEARCH
FOR SOUVENIRS. IN AKEXANDRIAS TAHIR SQUARE THERE ARE SHOPS
SELLING A VARIETY OF GOODS.
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