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THERE ARE A GREAT VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS IN
WHICH TO SHOP. FROM A MODERN DEPARTMENT STORE TO A MARKET
IN AN OASIS. THE STATE CRAFT SHOPS IN ALGERIA ARE FOUND IN
MOST LARGE TOWNS. THERE ARE ALSO PRIVATE TRADERS AND MANY
ROADSIDE STALLS, MARKETS AND THE KASBAH. SOUVENIRS TO WATCH
OUT FOR ARE EMBROIDERY, METAL THREAD, LEATHER OR FABRIC
AND DECORATED CLOTHING. INTERESTING JEWELLERY IS PRODUCED
BY THE DIFFERENT PEOPLES OF ALGERIA. SILVER WITH
ENAMELED SEMI PRECIOUS STONES, CORAL PENDANTS AND
BROOCHES. WORKSHOPS EXIST IN KABYLE TOWNS AND VILLAGES. IN
THE SOUTH THE TUAREG SILVERSMITHS MAKE PENDANT CROSSES,
BANGLES AND EARRINGS. THERE ARE ALSO THE DESERT ROSES FOUND
EVERY WHERE IN ALGERIA. THESE ARE CLUSTERS OF CRYSTALS
WHICH GROW BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE SAND. THEY CAN BE
BOUGHT IN MANY PLACES.
IN ALGIERS THE SHOPPING STREET IS THE RUE DIDOUCHE MOURAD
AND THE KASBAH IN THE OLD WALLED TOWN WHICH IS FILLED WITH
TRADITIONAL SHOPS. THE KABYLE ENAMELED BLUE AND GREEN
JEWELLERY CAN BE FOUND IN ALGIERS.
IN TIZI ORZOU THE CAPITAL OF KABYLE THERE IS A THURSDAY
MARKET. THERE ARE A GROUP OF FIVE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES CALLED
BENI YENNI IN THE NORTH WEST. HERE THERE ARE SILVERSMITHS,
POTTERS AND WOODWORKERS. IN EL KSEUR ON THE MAIN ROUTE
SOUTH WEST OF BEJAIA THERE ARE CRAFT SHOPS AND A BUSY
MARKET.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY KILOMETERS FROM ALGIERS IS THE OASIS
OF BOU SAADA THERE ARE SOME SOUVENIR SHOPS SELLING KNIVES,
CARPETS AND DESERT ROSES. THERE IS ALSO A MARKET. AT
BISKTA ANOTHER OASIS RESORT THERE ARE ALSO EARLY MORNING
MARKETS.
GHARDAIA IS A GROUP OF FIVE VILLAGES IN THE CENTRAL NORTH
OF ALGERIA. TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CLOTHING, CARPETS,
SPICES, COPPERWARE, ANTIQUES AND JEWELLERY CAN BE BOUGHT.
AT BERI ISGUEN TWO KILOMETERS FROM GHARDAIA THERE IS AN
AUCTION SALE IN THE MARKET PLACE EVERY DAY. THERE ARE ALSO
SOME VERY INTERESTING SHOPS ON THE ROUTE FROM THE MARKET TO
THE MAIN GATE.
AT EL GOLEA IN THE CENTRAL NORTH THERE ARE ARTISANS SELLING
TAPESTRY WITH THE TRADITIONAL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS ALSO AN
ARCADED MARKET SELLING A WIDE RANGE OF FRESH FOOD.
TAMANRASSET IN THE SOUTH EAST HAS A MARKET SELLING
SOUVENIRS MADE BY THE TUAREG PEOPLE. THE MARKET IS ACROSS
THE RIVER FROM THE CAMEL AND GOAT MARKET. |
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