Workshops · Medina
A private leather atelier visit
Two hours in a working atelier, from cured hide to a pair of babouches cut to your foot.
The tanneries at Bab Debbagh do the first, hard part of the work, and you will smell them before you see them. This visit goes to the second part, the atelier where cured hide becomes an object.
You watch a cutter lay a pattern on goatskin, working around the marks the animal left, then hand-stitch a seam with waxed thread and two needles pulling against each other. The master takes your foot measurement and cuts a pair of babouches while you wait. Bags, belts, and pouffes are made in the same room.
Two hours, standing. Ateliers close for Friday prayer between noon and three. What you commission is shipped, or ready the next day.
Your comfort and privacy
- Private — your party only
- Exclusive table
- Prayer space on site
- Female guide available
- Children welcome
Ateliers keep shorter hours and close earlier before iftar.
Pairs well with
Experiences our concierges put alongside this one — for the hour they run, the direction they lie in, or simply because they suit each other.
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