Dubai Gold Souk
Since the dawn of Dubai it has been known as a place for traders. The Gold Souk was a place where you could go and find the golden bauble you…
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Fish Souk and Fruit & Vegetable Souk
We love going to markets whenever we travel because it’s at the markets where you can really see the soul of the place. What sort of foods are people eating?…
Marche aux puces
After our lovely breakfast, we took off for the Marche aux puces. Translated that means “Market of Fleas”, or flea market. It is Paris’ largest antiques market and is located…
Nishiki Market
Also on the list for today is the Nishiki Market. It’s an open air market in central Kyoto, that is just huge when you include the arcades that surround it.…
Omi-cho Market
Kanazawa has a central market that primarily sells fish and vegetables, but also has a variety of other food purveyors. The market has been here for 400 years. We took…
Tsukiji Fish Market
This is the famous fish market that people drag themselves out of bed at 3:00a for the chance to be among the lucky 120 people that day to stand for…
Portabello Road
We used our last morning in London to scamper over to the Portabello Road market and see what they might have in the way of souvenirs. It was madness, which…
Spice Bazaar
Adjacent to the Grand Bazaar is the Spice Bazaar. Hundreds of shops selling bulk spices, nuts, and teas, but so crazy packed with people that it was impossible to really…
Grand Bazaar
Famous, famous, famous. But really disappointing, unless we missed the good part, but is still was quite nice to see. The Bazaar is gigantic and is composed of the central…