In Arab, a souk is a Marché generally located in the Médina. Its equivalent in Turkish Persan or is a Bazar. The food one as well there is found as of clothing, jewels, potteries, etc One can find also there many kinds of spices which scent the lanes.

In the souks, it is necessary generally to haggle over, i.e. the prices are not fixed and that it is possible to discuss with the salesman to find a price which is appropriate. While walking in the souks, it is frequent to be made challenge by the merchants.

The souks contain shops, but also workshops and sometimes of the dwellings.

There exist covered souks which adapt to the sometimes extreme climatic conditions which reign in the Arab countries.

The souks were also places where the prostitutes met the evening.

Note

• By analogy mazes of an Internet site structured by people without specific training
• Place where reign disorder, the noise (by analogy speeches of a forum of Net surfers)

Some notable examples

• the souk of the médina of Essaouira to the Morocco (classified with the world heritage of UNESCO)

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