Morocco’s oldest and smelliest leather manufacturing site

Morocco’s oldest and smelliest leather manufacturing site

In the old town of Medina Fez, you smell the scent before you see the view. Narrow passages wind through the medina, with storefronts packed under faded wooden balconies that suddenly open into the circular dyeing pits of the Chouara tannery. Workers moved between stone jars, carrying hides blackened by water, lime and natural pigments, … Read more