WE went accompanied by a guide who was very well informed.The place gets very crowded in the evening like the underground spice market in Istanbul.There was no bad behaviours to report ,we saw more in big city malls in North America.Very colourful and full of such splendid looking goods ,but learn to and get someone to bargain for you,its an... More

hundreds of shops in this amazing souk just watch your wallet/purse its tourist prices (offer 50% less and walk away ... generally they will chase u to sell it to u for that price) plus I hear pickpockets are using the area but like any tourists situation just use common sense

I love this place., Ancient, interesting and full of knick nacks and life. Be ready to bargain hard, smile alot and learn even more. Go in the latish afternoon, enjoy a local coffee at Fishawi or a cafe on the square. watch the world go by and the sun go down over the amazing al azhar mosqu over the road...I... More

I find markets like this to be a fun experience, I'm not expecting to find top quality merchandise or the lowest prices. But if you look around you can find some interesting items to take home. I bought a beautiful scarf after looking around at all the shops, I ended up going back to one of the first shops I... More

Shop souvenirs and leather products. Be ready to bargain harshly.

I really enjoyed that part of the city, made me feel i lived 200 year ago, a lot of shops that sell a lot of well hand made souvenirs, be a good bargain before buying anything.

whenever i was reading about the bazaar, i was imagining it as an amazing place, but i was wrong, i do not like the egyptian vendors and the quality of their goods is not high either, after going to Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, this place is a poor shadow of it

The best thing about this place is your have the clearly sparkaling tourisum streets that are basically overpriced crap (good if you want some cheesey gifts to take home) and then you have the dirtyier looking streets where all the locals shop. This is obviously the place to go. Most of the stores get samey after a few blocks, but... More

Busy, busy, busy, some obnoxious vendors. But the shops were so much fun.