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Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) moved to Marrakesh from France to work on his paintings. He also set about turning his land into these landscaped gardens, opening to the public in 1947. The vivid blue colour that covers the buildings and garden accessories was first used in the early 1930's and is known as Bleu Majorelle. (I think this is my favourite colour)
Following the death of Majorelle, the property was famously bought by Yves St Laurent.
Majorelles former painting studio now houses the Museum of Islamic Art (I didn't have time to view this, but intended to return later, afraid I didn't though!)
The gardens provide a peaceful refuge from the bustle of Marrakesh. Cactii, bamboo and colourful flowers line the pathways that wind around the gardens, amongst the plants are colourful pots and decorative teracotta jars.Ornate Pavillions add to the attractiveness of the gardens, and provide cooling shelter. Fountains and fish ponds provide interest, while the trickling waters provide relaxing sounds.
There's a gift shop that sells quality items of pottery, guide books, perfumes exclusive to the Majorelle gardens and clothing. Expensive, but different!
Open 0800-1200, 1300 -1700 Winter
0800 - 1200, 1400 - 1900 Summer
No picnics!
- I wish they'd ban mobile phones from here too, as my peaceful wanderings were interrupted by one womans incessant loud ring tone, then a long noisy conversation. Leave a Comment Address: Majorelle Gardens, MarrakeshPhone: 044 301852 fax 044301894Directions: Outside the ramparts, in the north of the city. Off Ave Yacoub el - Mansour. I hired a caleche to take me here and backWebsite: jardin-majorelle.com Other Contact: jardin.majorelle@iam.net.ma |
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Jacques Majorelle was a French painter who lived in Morocco most of his life until the 1960's. I haven't seen his paintings but if they're as good as his garden design then the guy must have been a genius! In a small plot of land right in the middle of the new city, behind the high walls lies a garden that's like coming across an oasis in the middle of the Sahara.
It's so well designed that I really wasn't surprised to find that the gardens are now owned by another famous Frenchman - the designer Yves Saint Laurent. With Marrakech being the 'Red City' the bright blue and yellow villa in the middle makes a stunning contrast. (The villa also serves as the Museum of Islamic Art, well worth a look in its own right.) Streams and fish-filled pools flow through the garden, which contains plants from as far away as cacti from North America and tall bamboo trees and pink bougainvillaea.
This was undoubtedly one of the highlights of my time in Marrakech and I went back a couple of times. The gardens are beautiful and incredibly peaceful but not particularly big and you'll need to go early or it'll be filled with coachloads of tourists. Have a look at my travelogue for some more photos of the gardens. Leave a Comment Directions: It's a bit of a trek through the New City, but it's worth it! From the main bus station head up Route Principale 24, turn left up Blvd Allal el Fassi, then left down Avenue Yacoub el Mansour. It's down a lane on the right. |
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Lush, vibrant, exotic & picturesque, with rich accents of electric cobalt, canary yellow and a stunning shade of green...
There are turtles, koi, and kittens galore...
Swaying bamboo trees, blooming bougainvillea 'til your heart's content and a prickly assortment of cactus, not to mention a plethora of other plants that will produce ooohs and ahhs from your lips.
But the fact of the matter is, this place is so incredibly soothing, refreshing and awe-inspiring. In the midst of the baking Marrakesh heat, you step into Majorelle gardens and can't help but exhale. Everyone is quiet here, reverent amidst such beauty.
There are countless tips here on VT about Majorelle, first created by a the French painter, now "owned" by Yves Saint Lauren. And just 15 dirhams to get in..., that's a small price to pay for luscious peace. Majorelle's formal studio now houses a collection of Islamic art. Be sure to check the opening hours before you go, we found that the Islamic art museum closes mid day for a couple of hours in late April/early May. Leave a Comment Address: Avenue Yacoub el MansourDirections: In Gueliz (ville nouveau) |
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The beautiful blue house in the middle of the Majorelle Gardens is now home to the Museum of Islamic Art. So after you've been blissfully relaxed in the wonderful gardens you can educate yourself as well without hardly even moving! There are the usual exhibits - carpets, jewellery, pottery, paintings and so on, many stretching back hundreds of years. Aside from the displays, even the house is stunning, its bright blue and yellow colour scheme and ornate windows setting it apart from any other house in Marrakech.
The museum and gardens are shut for lunch for a couple of hours (12-2 I think). No photos are allowed inside the museum. Leave a Comment |
The beautiful Marjorelle Gardens, renovated by Yves Saint Laurent who also lives in the mansion next door, is for me a place i can never visit too often.
visited again just last week when taking a friend for her first visit to Morocco. Like me she loves gardens and was really impressed with this garden. She also agreed with my recommendations to visit the small but rather interesting islamic museum that is housed in the blue building that you see in pretty much all the photos of the gardens!
This is my 4th visit, still i guess not so many visits, but its been lovely each time. Of course the light is different, different time of year, different people and mood etc!!
Its a haven in the middle of busy and bustling Marrakech with its crazy driving and hooting drivers, the busy souk with constant calls and hustle for attention, and even from the summer heat its a cooler retreat. Leave a Comment Directions: catch a taxi or even better a caleche ride to take you there!! the route will include beautiful bouginvillea covered mansions and walls along the side streets to get you there. |
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The Majorelle Garden (Jardin Majorelle) is a small garden designed by Jacques Majorelle between the 1920s and 1940s and now part owned by Yves Saint Laurent.
The Majorelle Garden is located in the Ville Nouvelle area of the city, to the north east of Place du 16 Novembre. It is located approximately 30 minutes walk from Djemaa El Fna square.
I spent about 20 minutes wandering around the garden during a visit to the city in February 2007. It was quite busy and is one of Marrakech's prime tourist attractions.
For me the most impressive aspect of the garden is the blue Art Deco villa that stands in the middle of the garden and which provides a good backdrop for the cacti which grow around it (see main photo). This villa houses the Museum of Islamic Art, but was closed on the day that I visited.
I picked up a leaflet (in English, French and Arabic) upon entering the garden, which describes Majorelle Garden as being:
- "one of the twentieth century's most mysterious gardens";
- "a place of rare individual expression and mystical force", and;
- "an overpowering abundance of vegetal shapes and forms".
I'm no expert on these matters, but I think those descriptions paint a more impressive picture than the reality. The garden is a nice, shaded place to retreat from Marrakech's hectic streets for a little while, but "overpowering"? "Mystical"? Not for me...
The gardens are open daily: Summer: 8am - 5pm / Winter 8am - 6pm
There is a small boutique shop within the garden.
Entrance fee: 30 Dhs (additional charge for museum). Leave a Comment Phone: +212 (0)44301852Directions: Located in the Ville Nouvelle area of the city, north east of Place du 16 Novembre. Bordered by Ave Yacoub el-Mansour and Boulevard Allal el-Fassi.Website: www.jardinmajorelle.com Other Contact: jardin.majorelle@menara.ma |
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Majorelle Gardens, as other fantastic places at Marrakec, is hidden by big walls that nothing does make you think that at that place you can find what is inside....
But this is a different place cause it doesn’t has thousands years of history. The part that I saw was a very simple house but painted bright colours that makes the place different of all that you have seen before, all surrounded by a big beautiful garden. There is a little museum that is not include with the price of the entrance.
At the entrance you will find a taxi stop. Leave a Comment Address: Yacoub El MansourDirections: Gueliz, take bus L1 from Koutoubia square, from there walk throught Yacoub El Mansour street till you get to the signal ... |
This wonderful garden was created by French painter Jacques Majorelle (1866-1962) in 1924 and opened to the public in 1947. It was then bought and renovated by designer Yves Saint Laurent who founded a small Islamic art museum on site and established a trust to ensure the garden's future existence.
The garden is so peaceful, it contrasts a lot with the rush and bustle of the city streets ! It is very pleasant to walk through the various pathways and viewing areas and admire the palms, cacti, bamboo, bougainvilleas and other exotic plants that were collected throughout the world by J. Majorelle, one of the most important plant collectors of his time. It's really stunning but much of the impact is created by the vivid colour of its structures known today as "bleu Majorelle" which contrasts with the green of the plants.
Garden/museum : +/- 2 euros
Open everyday from 8 a.m. to 12 and from 3 to 7 p.m. in summer, from 8 a.m. to 12 and from 2 to 5 p.m. the rest of the year. Leave a Comment Directions: In the new town, just outside the walled medina. |
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Majorelle Garden is an oasis of calm and cool, fresh air in the heart of the city of Marrakech. The garden was created in the years 1920 by the French painter Jacques Majorelle. It made there plant the rarest essences around a small building Art deco which was used to him as workshop until its death in 1962. After his dead, the garden and the studio were completely abandoned. But thanks to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, its new owners, this beautiful garden has a new lease on life. It is so nice that you could stay there hours, sitting on a bank, smelling the various essences of flowers, trees, admiring the flashy blue of the house, ... and trying to capture all that with your camera!!!!
Open from 9 am to Noon, and from 2 PM to 5 PM. (3 PM to 7 PM in the summer) Leave a Comment Directions: On the corner of Safi Boulevard, in the northern part of the city, behind the bus station. |
The Majorelle Gardens ( also known as the Yves St Laurent gardens) were built in the 1930's by the French artist Jacques Majorelle and opened to the public in the 1947.
The gardens form an oasis of calm and an explosion of colour ( especially the blue which has become known as Majorelle blue ), with plants that vary from bamboo ( which unfortunately some vistors have seen fit to carve their names into), to giant cactus, which form beautiful backdrops to the carp pool, lilly ponds and fountains that grace the gardens.
To the North end of the garden is Majorelles old studio. This building, again painted in the Majorelle blue, is now a museum for islamic art.
Yves San Laurent and his partner Piere Berge bought the gardens after Majorelles death, when it was rumoured that the gardens were to be bulldozed to make way for an apartment block. YSL still owns the Villa Oasis which can be seen from the petrol station adjacent to the gardens.
This place is definitely worth a visit, just to marvel at the colours and sit and take some respite from hot and manic Marrakech
It is worth noting that unaccompanied children and picnics are banned from the gardens.
Entry fee is 30DHS (about £2.00) Address: Ave Yacoub El Mansour, GuliezPhone: 044301852Directions: A petit Taxi from the Medina should cost about 10DHSWebsite: www.jardinmajorelle.com Other Contact: jardin.majorelle@iam.net.ma |
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