The Grand Market and other Lome, Togo Shopping Tips

The Grand Market is next to the Catholic Cathedral, and it is a very big big busy market, where you can probably buy anything.
There is a section selling tourist souvenirs, where the sellers are quite pushy about asking you to look at their shops. I didn't go in as I had spent all my readies in Benin but from what I saw I think the quality of the carved masks looked very good.
The fabrics section was the nicest to look at. The fabric stalls are run by women and are arranged floor to ceiling with the most wonderful brightly coloured fabrics in hundreds of patterns. You can buy the lovely Kente cloth here that is woven in neighbouring Ghana and is unique to the Ashanti people.
As well as the traditional goods you can buy men and women's clothes, household goods, cosmetics and pretty much anything else you can think of.
The market is sensibly organised by produce so if you are looking for men's clothes you will find them all in the same area.



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