Shopping quarters of Kairouan are really just centred to the Avenue 7 Novembre and adjacent streets. You will not have have to go far off the area to find yourself in tranquil residential streets. Shopping in Kairouan resembles many other tourist places, but there is a selection of locally produced items for sale too. The most noteworthy are carpets, sold from many different shops. The understanding of their quality and design is very a much a question of preference, but one rule applies all over: Buy only what you like for yourself, and do not be convinced that this is an investment of any sort. Once you leave Tunisia with your carpet, they lose most of their value, and they cannot be compared to the market position of Persian carpets.
