The Great Market

The Markets in the Old Town

The Great Market

It is a roofed market with high windows for the sun light to get in. in the middle of it to the left, there is a huge khan called Khan As-Sultan, which includes some millers and oil presses. The market is also called “Grocery Market”, since it sells vegetables. The market’s area extends to As-Silsila Gate.

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