Like most people in the comments, we had the same experience. Wanted to See the tanneries on our own but it was inpossible to reach them without these self thought ‘guides’ following you and being annoying. Neighbourhood was Very bad and the men stare at...More

Having read the reviews, ours is a similar story where someone seemingly friendly helps you out and says they don’t want anything from you for helping you and then you get passed from person to person before you end up stranded in a shop selling...More

We are a couple at the " wrong end "of our 50's, actually I'm 60, but I digress. We went to the tannery this morning, we're given a bunch of mint to alleviate the stink of the leather making process, and believe me, even with...More

Avoid it at any cost! They will try to scam you! They said 100 dhm to pay and then the start increasing a price when you about to pay for a “tour”! Trying to intimidate you to pay more with bunch of guys circling you....More

I was led to the tanneries by someone who seemed well-meaning but it's a scam. The tanneries stink to high heaven (they give you a bundle of mint to mitigate the stink) but it's a very pale shadow of the tanneries in Fez which are...More

The only place we felt unsafe during our stay in marrakech!! It's all organized crime only in there!! They try to give you a tour or force sell. The people get hostile if you try to get rid of them and start to follow where...More

First of all, there is a reason its in a dodgy area of town, no one wants to live near that smell! We read about the Tanneries in a guide book and figured we'd go take a look. I trawled through the reviews on here...More