If only we had read the reviews 1st! We were led by a v friendly man on his way "home" with a broken motorcycle who started chatting about learning English. Said good for us to look in the tanneries and said it was on his...More
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If only we had read the reviews 1st! We were led by a v friendly man on his way "home" with a broken motorcycle who started chatting about learning English. Said good for us to look in the tanneries and said it was on his...More
As you seek to thread your way through the old city to find the tanneries, inevitably you will meet a friendly gentleman just on his way to work- that work being you now, as after he has passed you onto the guide, he will return...More
The Riad where we stayed was near a Tannery and there will be people trying to take you there. Be wary of this as you will be asked for £20 after being shown the Tannery. On the first day of our holiday we were advised...More
they will tell you that "you are lucky, only today the people from Atlas mountain paint the leather there" They will guide you "for free" and insistently, but there you will be waited by others who will guide you for a lot of money (they...More
We visited the Tanneries during our winter holiday to Marrakech in mid-January. We had been to Marrakech before but didn’t have the time to visit this quarter so we decided to visit the tanneries this time round. It’s located on the far part of the...More
Echoing the other reviews, but be VERY careful around the tanneries (we will avoid that side of the Médina in the future)! My husband and I tried to go to the museum of photography and a man outside told us it was closed (turns out...More
Got away in time, didn’t feel safe at all. Probably best to do with an approved guide only. Very rough neighbourhood.
Refuse anyone who asks you to visit the tanneries, no matter how nice the stranger might seem (remember that a psychopath is always charming). It's all a sophisticated plot by criminals and you will end up in a leather shop and perhaps be taken to...More
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