To buy crafts directly from Marrakesh’s recycling artisans, head over to Riad Zitoun El Kedim and check out lanterns, baskets and belts cleverly fashioned from tin cans and tyres. There are several to choose from, but this place (look for the framed Bob Marley poster) has a good selection of Michelin mirrors, inner-tube jewellery boxes and man-bags with street cred.
Creations Pneumatiques
Marrakesh
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