Qeyserî Bazar
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Qeyserî Bazar

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Wrapped around the foot of the Citadel, the Qeyseri Bazaar is Erbil's historic covered market, its roots reaching back centuries along the old trade routes. Its shaded alleys are packed with stalls selling spices, tea, fabrics, gold, tobacco and Kurdish handicrafts, and it remains the bustling commercial soul of the old city.

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    Through the Covered Alleys

    Step in from the bright square into the cool, shaded tunnels of the bazaar. Each alley has its trade — tea and spices, gold, fabric, tobacco and tools — much as it has for generations, with shafts of light falling from the vaulted brick roof onto the crowded stalls.

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