Majorelle Garden

The most visited tourist attraction in Morocco, and worth the queue. The 1.6-hectare garden in the Gueliz district is densely planted with cactus, palm, bougainvillea, and bamboo around a cobalt-blue art-deco studio building, with bright yellow planters set against the blue walls. The plant collection is large and well-labelled, drawn from five continents.

The on-site Berber Museum, in Jacques Majorelle's former villa, is small but excellent — a tight overview of Berber textiles, jewellery, and ceremonial objects from Saint Laurent's collection. The separate Yves Saint Laurent Museum, a five-minute walk away, has its own ticket. Buy timed-entry tickets online: walk-ups can queue for hours in high season.

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A story
The French painter Jacques Majorelle bought the land in 1923 and spent forty years building the garden, painting the walls of his studio in the intense ultramarine blue now known as bleu Majorelle. Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé bought the garden in 1980, saving it from a hotel developer.

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