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Manama Souq

The guide was updated: 2024-07-17

For an authentic local shopping experience, there is no better place than Manama Souq, the old bazaar of Manama. Look for the best bargains and haggle with traders in this melting pot of alleys and narrow streets. Its numerous stalls and shops sell everything you may long for: from spices, jewellery and gold items to colourful textiles and handcraft rugs. Several souvenir shops and street-food kiosks can also be found in the market.

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Address: Manama Souq, Manama

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Bahrain Mall

Bahrain Mall

With its red brick facade and fortress build, this huge mall was designed to evoke the history and tradition of Bahraini architecture, along with the palm trees, torches, and water features found within. It contains everything the modern shopper could need, department stores, boutiques, restaurants and more.

Manama Souq

Manama Souq

For an authentic local shopping experience, there is no better place than Manama Souq, the old bazaar of Manama. Look for the best bargains and haggle with traders in this melting pot of alleys and narrow streets. Its numerous stalls and shops sell everything you may long for: from spices, jewellery and gold items to colourful textiles and handcraft rugs. Several souvenir shops and street-food kiosks can also be found in the market.

Kingdom of Perfume

Kingdom of Perfume

One of the most popular shops with tourists in the Manama Souq, Kingdom of Perfume has a dizzying array of fragrances from around the world. All the popular brands are represented here, but the real jewels here are the locally created perfumes with all manner of fresh ingredients from the area.

Gold City Mall

Gold City Mall

Bahrain is famous worldwide for the quality of its pearls and works in gold. The exclusive showrooms at Gold City Mall, a continuation of the Gold Souq founded by Indian immigrants, showcase some of the country's very best precious metals and gems, worked with incredible skill into true works of art. You are assured to find only natural pearls at this shopping mall.

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