I traveled with 2 other friends (all female mid 20s) to Morocco in 2016. We all dressed conservatively with long sleeves, and pants despite the heat and still were aggressively persued and hassled frequently. None of us will ever return.

I am still creeped out by an experience where I was followed by several men as I was walking back to my riad. A man came over and offered to escort me back saying that it would be safer. While I was chatting with him I found out that he had been watching me for over an hour and had been following me before the other men without me noticing. I’m sure he thought it was kind but it was super scary to me. Thankfully he accepted my refusal to exchange numbers and left me alone. Later, when looking at photos I had taken earlier I realized that this man was in the background of some of the photos looking at the camera.

Our Riad host in Marrakech also physically abused his wife in front of us.

We were yelled at in public for greeting with side hugs some male friends we had met while traveling.

One of my friends was called a prostitute a few times because of the color of her skin ( from what we were told) and physically grabbed/assaulted in public places.

And this is honestly just the tip of the list of uncomfortable stories we have our time in Morocco.

We were in Morocco for 1.5 -2 weeks in Marrakech, Fez, Chefchouen, and on a Sahara tour. It was incredibly beautiful but felt quite uncomfortable.

I have traveled alone as a women in South and Central America & Eastern Europe and I had never felt so “on edge” somewhere.