Medina Tanneries- Fes

You get the idea that you are about to experience something of sensory overload when you are given a full handful of mint sprigs and told that "some people find this helpful".... As we climbed the claustrophobic staircases and moved through rooms and rooms crowded with leather goods, the stench became stronger. We eventually reached the top and were outside on a covered balcony overlooking the rows and rows of tannery vats. Men scraped and cut hides, as others stirred vats which cleaned and/or dyed the animal skins. Camel, goat, sheep, cow.