Bobo-Diulasso Markets

Markets

Grande Marche. It has just about everything you need in it to live in Burkina from cloth to plastic buckets, jewelry and nailpolish remover, to sewing shears and gas lamps and a nice varied selection of veggies and fruits. It’s also fun to hang out in the meat stalls if you like to see your cut of fresh meat being chopped right there, and be splattered with bits of gristle and bones (not recommended for the vegetarians). If the Grand Marche is too intimidating or you don’t have the time to hassle with it, nearly every neighborhood has a pretty comprehensive marche somewhere – just ask. Also worth noting is the Marche de Fruits – that is on the road that leads to the Airport towards Banfora and Oradara. (You’ll see a sign pointing off to the right that says “MARCHE DE FRUITS” ). Piles of mangoes, oranges, bananas, ignames, and patates live there in season. Also to note is the Marina Market – a very Western style supermarket with lots of Arabic imports, cheeses, chocolate, wine, alcohol, doodads and tchatchkis for your hut in village, etc…. Haggling for prices is not allowed. Cousin to Marina Market is Cobodim, which has much the same selection in terms of goods. It is located catty corner to the SouthWest corner of the Marche. Haggling for prices is not allowed here either.