This guide covers the Marrakech souvenirs actually worth your suitcase space — hand-hammered metalwork, leather bags, green Tamegroute pottery, hand-blown glassware, spice-market teas, and textiles — plus how to barter for them and get them home in one piece. I'm Laura Ericson; I lead small-group trips to Morocco and I've shopped these souks enough times to have a "my guy" at the leather stall (five bags and counting).

We ventured out of the desert, passing by packs of camels, driving once again through the dunes until we reached the main road again.

After spending a few days in Marrakech, I was excited to wake up early and hit the road for the most anticipated part of our trip: the Sahara Desert road trip.

Morocco has always been one of those mysterious, exotic places on my bucket list, but only recently did it really pop up on my radar.