article_snippet: A circuit of Marrakech’s souks, the crowded warren of retailers in the medina to the north of the famous Djemaa El Fna Square, is an exhausting and sometimes worrying experience.
article_snippet: If there is a Moroccan office of fair trading – unlikely, I’m guessing – a Moroccan office of fair trading – writ fails to extend to the souks, and don’t even think about going back for an M&S-style no-nonsense refund.
article_snippet: The nearest soul-crushing British equivalent to the souks that I can think of is that moment of existential despair in Ikea where you lose your bearings in light fittings and begin to think that you may never find the road out.
article_snippet: A circuit of Marrakech’s souks is an exhausting and sometimes worrying experience .
article_snippet: Mind you, the mysteries of the souk have always been over-romanticised.