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Enjoy a good bargaining session at the older of Salalah's traditional markets while picking up some treasures to carry home. You'll find stalls selling tribal rugs, frankincense and holders, exotic spices, antiques, khanjars (daggers), dallah (traditional coffeepots), and silver and gold ware. The souq is busiest and best for a visit late at night; during the day it is relatively quiet and lacks the atmosphere of the evening, but you’ll have greater success bargaining at this time. Tucked away in a corner is the gold souq. If you have the time, goldsmiths will make jewelry to order, and if the order is a simple piece, you might be able to pick it up the same day. Gold Salalah beads are very popular and make attractive accessories.
The largest and oldest souk in Salalah is also the most chaotic, but you'll have lots of fun exploring the hundreds of stalls. There's an eclectic range of colorful kaftans and knitted caps, jewelry, perfume, rugs, ceramics, wooden handicrafts, and frankincense.
At this market, right behind the Haffa House Hotel, you can shop for traditional embroidered caps, dates, frankincense, perfumes, clay burners, raffia mats, and other typical Omani souvenirs.
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