Majorelle Garden (Jardin Majorelle) Marrakech

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Marrakesh is really an accidental holiday - plans for a few days R&R in Croatia fell through, leaving Morocco as my backup for using some free hotel nights I'd co-opted! Hence the strange choice of the Le Meridien for 5 nights - not otherwise my number 1 place to stay in town. A few days of R&R meant spas, haircuts and chilled out long …

We had a fantastic time in Marrakesh. There was so much to see in the markets: a visual eclectic menagerie of sights, and smells. This sensory overload prevented me from getting a decent night sleep the duration of the trip. I had images and scenes from the souks flashing through my mind all night!

I did almost get run over several times …

Did the Tourist bus trip around Marrakech which was interesting, but the highlight was the Majorelle Garden.

This beautiful tranquil garden is owned by Yves Saint Laurent and although quite small it is lovely just to wander around for some time out of busy Marrakech.

Running out of time to do our shopping so back to the …

Wow, where to begin!

Our adventure started in Marrakesh on the 16th April. I arrived with Tasha Smith into the centre of Marrakesh at around 10pm at night. I don't think either of us were that prepared for what we encountered that night, and we especially didn't know how to react. Immediately, as two young British girls (Tasha with blonde …

October 30 to November 2, 2011: Marrakech, Morocco

We departed from Argentina knowing that we were definitely entering a new phase of our trip: leaving the Americas; going to a country where we didn't speak the language; going to a non-Christian country, etcetera. Our flight to Morocco was a marathon slog: from the extreme southern part of …

Tips iniciales : En árabe: Shocran: gracias Aaala washi: de nada Día 1: Llegada de Madrid Almuerzo Cafe rahaba kedima. Couscous de vegetales y jugo de naranja. Plaza de las especias. Pasamos por la plaza jaama el fna Su minarete de 70 metros de altura. Caminamos hacia la ciudad nueva. Tips: si se quedan en los Riad, pedir que los busquen …

Our breakfast on the roof terrace was a delight, a magnificent array of crepes, boiled egg, meusli, yoghurt, Arabic bread, banana and orange juice, which was surely a feast served to us by the rather handsome manservant Karim.
We shared our table with a young Italian family Stefano, Sylvie and their cute baby daughter Matilda, whom we …

Heute schlafen wir mal etwas länger und sind erst um 9 Uhr zum Frühstück verabredet. Vorher wechseln wir allerdings noch den Verband an Nicos Finger. Sieht ja scheußlich aus.... ;-( Nach einem gemütlichen Frühstück begeben wir uns zu Fuß in das "Kaufhaus" Ensemble Artisanal. Ein Kaufhaus für …

After a good and peaceful night's rest, I awoke to a refreshed feeling, my cold was definitely on the decline. I had fallen asleep at around 11PM and didn't wake up until 10AM, but it was a much needed eleven hours of rest. I had mentioned to Gary that I was planning to get to the Majorelle Gardens by 11AM thinking that we might try to meet up …

... . After spending all the energy and money we had available, we met up with Ibrahim and drove to the magnificent Majorelle Garden.  The botanical garden was designed by the French expatriate, Jacques Majorelle in the 1920's, when Morocco ...

... bewilderingly brighter than the sky on a clear day. Unlike the traditional Moroccan decoration that is so overwhelmingly detailed, the Majorelle Garden was begun by a French artist and then taken over by Yves Saint Laurent who confronts you in boldly ...

Did the Tourist bus trip around Marrakech which was interesting, but the highlight was the Majorelle Garden. This beautiful tranquil garden is owned by Yves Saint Laurent and although quite small it is lovely just to wander around for some time out of ...

... a dinner in a small cafe and returned to the bus rather fast, without further delay. And then yeees, we went to the Majorelle Garden, the cutest place I've ever seen... It was abandoned until Yves Saint Laurent bought all 9 hectares of it with his ...

Majorelle Garden was first started as a private landscape by French artist Jacques Majorelle in 1924, and opened it to the public in 1947. Shortly after a car accident in 1962 Jacques Majorelle passed away in France, however his garden landscape in ...