The Oriental Arts Center sells beautiful pieces of furniture, mirrors, decorative items and other arts and crafts. The items can be ordered a few days earlier. The materials used in making these products include gypsum, plaster, oil paints and gold leaf. The artist behind these interesting pieces is the famed Saeed Zozoul.
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The Oriental Arts Center sells beautiful pieces of furniture, mirrors, decorative items and other arts and crafts. The items can be ordered a few days earlier. The materials used in making these products include gypsum, plaster, oil paints and gold leaf. The artist behind these interesting pieces is the famed Saeed Zozoul.
This is a vast souq housing many mini bazaars. Visitors will be transported back in time and exposed to an authentic Arab market place. Souq al Hamidiyya consists of a number of stalls selling clothing, costume jewelry, souvenirs, religious icons, beads and texts, toys, stationery and decorative pieces. Souq Khayyatin is home to seasoned traders displaying beautiful stitched and unstitched garments of excellent quality. Seed Bazaar sells perfumes, spices, glazed fruit, nuts, traditional sweets and jewelry. Souq al Attarine sells aromatic coffees and spices.
Located next to the Azem Palace in the Old City, George Dabdoub sells a number of traditional Damascene items including carpets, icons and jewelry. The goods sold are of excellent quality and the prices are moderate.
This shop sells some very fascinating and interesting handicrafts. Customers will fall in love with many of the pieces available here including backgammon sets and other board games as well as carved wooden boxes, chests and furniture.
Anat is a wonderful place to shop for Damascene souvenirs. It sells a number of traditional items including textiles, jewelry, cushion covers, shoes and bags. These are handmade by Palestinian refugees and Syrian women hailing from rural areas around the country.
This shop is a must stop for any tourist visiting Damascus. Named after the famous philosopher Ibn Sina (known as Avicenne in the West), this cozy bookstore caters to a number of avid Damascene readers and foreign tourists. A wide selection of English books and other foreign language literature are sold here. Some wonderful guide books are also available.
This is a wonderful store that sells some of the most beautiful and intricately carved flutes, drums and other musical instruments. Some of the instruments also contain mother-of-pearl designs.
This music store stocks a brilliant collection of music from all genres (classical, contemporary, jazz and pop) by Arab artists in the region. It is a must stop for tourists.