Hello steemians!
Happy Friday! Today is gonna be my first post regarding my Morocco experience, it was so amazing, I love it and can’t wait to be back, I want to discover more!
For this Market challenge, I will present to you my experience at Chouara Tannery and the leather shops in Fes. This city has three tanneries, but the most popular is Chouara Tannery, built in the 11th century. I knew I wanted to visit it more than 10 years ago when I first discovered Morocco while watching the Brazilian soap-opera El clone.
This tannery is the largest and it's definitely a must visit place, so don't miss it. There is no admission, you can see it from the terrace of the leather shops, the views are great, but beware of the strong smell!! You will receive some mint, so it’s not that tragic. We were lucky because it was raining and probably the smell was diluted by rain. We had a local guide with us so it was easy to find it after our tour to the medina. Thanks to my latest trip I will have more to share in the following weeks in this challenge.
In the shop next to the tannery you will receive an introduction of the whole process and how this is a family business (from father to son) and why the smell is so bad, I don't want to be a spoiler. Don’t forget you are in Morocco so you should haggle over the price, the goal should be 1/3 of the initial price, anyway the prices are great. Here you can find a variety of wonderful and colorful products from footwear to luggage, so if you have money and a large luggage you shouldn’t miss the shops!
Because I had only 2 small luggage I bought only one small and red backpack for 120 dirhams aka 12 EUR, unfortunately, I couldn’t wear it because it still had a strong smell, but after one week it’s better.
If you are sensitive to the smell, you can shop leather products directly from the medina, but remember, you should haggle!
Have a wonderful weekend.Special thanks goes to my friend @bluemoon for helping me find this challenge. If you are interested in participating, please check up @dswigle posts, Denise is the creator of #marketfriday and she is such a great person!
Best regards,
@alexandraioana26
Welcome again and again in morocco
Yes, I will do that for sure!
You have really a golden word. You already said to me that you'll visit my country and you done
Yup! I love Morocco!
So glad to hear this from you
Very interesting post. I visited Morocco a long time ago, and definitely you should haggle when you buy things ;)
Thanks!
Wonderful article! I have Morocco on my list for a while. I hope to get there soon:) Have a beautiful Sunday!
You should definitely go, it's amazing! Happy Monday!
Your post is full of information about a world unknown to me. I wonder why these tanners are not out of town ... Every Friday you make my day more beautiful, thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! :*
My pleasure!
WOW. excellent constructions and a wonderful travel post.
I want to go there!
thanks for the nice sharing, my dear friend
Thank you my friend!
What a wide range of items it has this tannery. I heard that in Morocco they made up a lot of leather , also cloths and other wovens.
I am very happy for what you can get to cities and countries, it is wonderful, if the smell is strong in the Moroccan I prefer not yet, since I would not tolerate being a minute, I am sensitive to smells. Friend, I'm pregnant!
what a beautiful news!!!!! I am so mega extra happy for you!!!!! felicidades mi amiga! how are you feeling? How is your daughter, she is happy to be bigger sister? estoy muy feliz por ti y tu bebe. dios te bendiga!
It has given me a lot of nausea, my daughters are very happy. Thank you for your beautiful wishes.
that's so adorable! do u know if it's a girl or a boy? made my day better
hope u will be feeling better any day now!
hehehehe Karlin has answered you with my account and has not noticed. hehehehe I am the husband of karlin
This is all AMAZING. I love your photography! Keep up this awesome work please, it's so fun to read and see :)
Thank you so much @annemariemay!
Amazing shots. Has an antique and colorful flavour.
Thanks @rifkan!
Great post. I really enjoyed this market. So colorful and so many beautiful things to choose from.
I have never been in Morocco, but hopefully one day.
Kisses!
I would love to visit Morocco, I'm glad you enjoyed your time there
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Very cool, did you take home any Moroccan leather goods with you ?
One smelly backpack :))
Smelly?! Was it at least a good smelly?!
speaking of smelly... did you try any of that Moroccan hash while you were over there?!