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All of our published Morocco tours include some time wandering through the medina in Fez. Besides retail shops, you’ll see craftsmen of all sorts at work, their workshops opening right onto the narrow alleyways. The leather tanneries are slightly less accessible; you\u2019ll smell them long before you see them. The tannery works can only be seen from upper floors of the leather shops that surround them. It\u2019s best to go in the morning when the dying is done. Looking down from a 2nd or 3rd floor terrace, you\u2019ll see rows of earthen vats, some filled with cow urine, lime and pigeon poop, some with all natural dyes made from plants and minerals – reds, blues, greens, black, browns – and workers thigh deep in the vats, working the submerged hides with their feet. Yellow dyes are made with saffron and, because of their relative expense, are applied by hand. You\u2019ll see goat, sheep, cow and camel hides stacked around waiting to be dyed or hanging on racks and walls drying in the sun. You\u2019ll smell the cow urine, which, together with lime, breaks down any fat and hair remaining on the hides. You\u2019ll smell pigeon poop, which is used as natural softening agent. It\u2019s really stinky, I won\u2019t lie, but you will be armed with a sprig of fresh mint, which will take the edge off. The entire process is done today as it has been for 1,000 years.<\/p>\n

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On the way out, you will be encouraged by the shop keepers to buy something but it\u2019s not required. If you\u2019re so inclined, the leather is very high quality and, since you\u2019re right at the source, it\u2019s a good value. If you\u2019re a good bargainer, you should get away paying half or even a third the sticker price.<\/p>\n

To visit the tanneries of Fez, check out our Morocco tours<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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