El Hussein Bazaar — Local services in Cairo

It's your best bet for Egyptian paraphernalia and other gift items. You are likely to find everything there and offers great bargain.

Note that there are agents who try to sell you things they don't own and often quote more than twice the actual price of an item.

Your best bet is to enter the shops and talk to the person in the shop. You can find both affordable and expensive gift items there. Just have the time and patience to scan the shops and stalls.

If a particular shop doesn't have what you want, move to the next shop. If they get it for you from elsewhere, know that you are paying a lot more than the...

Very original historical place! One of the main tourist walk centers of Cairo. Old narrow streets, ancient houses, carts with horses, bazaars, antique shops, the oldest restaurants - as if time was frozen in this area! A lot of souvenir shops where you can buy wonderful gifts from Cairo. I especially liked the Arabic lamps, glassware, antique shops, leather and fur carpets, and jewelry stores, where they make and sell jewelry from semiprecious stones. And of course, the main value of this area is the oldest and most beautiful monuments of religious...

Ho trovato veramente di tutto in questo bazar ma soprattutto ho trovato oggetti anche di qualità perché, ultimamente, a Khan El khalili, la qualità è pessima. Dopo aver girato qua e là nelle viuzze ho finalmente trovato un oggetto che potessi portare come regalo ad un amico in Italia. Ha anche lui paccottiglia ma ha anche cose originali. I prezzi vanno da bassi ad alti in funzione dell' oggetto acquistato e del materiale utilizzato per produrlo. Vi consiglio di...