Garden · Guéliz – Majorelle
Jardin Majorelle
Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech: Morocco’s most famous garden, with its iconic blue villa and cacti from five continents — the story of a painter and a couturier who loved the Red City.
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Jardin Majorelle, the Yves Saint Laurent Museum and the museums of Marrakech
From the blue invented by a painter in Guéliz to the Saadian palaces of the Kasbah, we help you discover the best museums in Morocco: history, stories and practical tips.
Museums of Marrakech: the essential stops
Jardin Majorelle, the YSL Museum, the Marrakech Museum, the Maison de la Photographie and El Badi Palace (Badi Museum): each with its story and visiting tips.
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Jardin Majorelle
Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech: Morocco’s most famous garden, with its iconic blue villa and cacti from five continents — the story of a painter and a couturier who loved the Red City.
- The blue villa and Jacques Majorelle’s studio (1931)
- The cactus garden and its rare shapes
- The Yves Saint Laurent memorial
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Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech
The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech: a brick building woven like fabric, telling the story of one of the 20th century’s greatest couturiers and his extraordinary bond with Morocco.
- The brick façade inspired by woven fabric
- The permanent hall and its rotating couture pieces
- Temporary exhibitions on art and fashion
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Marrakech Museum
The Marrakech Museum in the Dar Menebhi palace: a vast covered courtyard with a giant brass chandelier, and exhibitions of historic and contemporary Moroccan art.
- The brass chandelier in the covered courtyard
- The traditional hammam and its small domes
- Changing exhibitions of Moroccan art
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Maison de la Photographie
A museum of Morocco’s visual memory: rare photographs from 1870 to 1960 in an old house, and a rooftop overlooking the medina and the Atlas.
- Original prints from 1870 to 1960
- Scenes of the Atlas and its kasbahs
- The rooftop view over the medina
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El Badi Palace (Badi Museum)
El Badi Palace, also called the “Badi Museum”: the ruins of a legendary Saadian palace, with vast pools, stork-topped walls and the rare Koutoubia minbar.
- The four pools and orange gardens
- The Córdoban Koutoubia minbar
- Storks on the ramparts
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Bahia Palace
Bahia Palace in Marrakech: a maze of riads, salons and painted ceilings, designed by two 19th-century viziers to be the most beautiful palace of their time.
- The great marble courtyard
- Painted cedar ceilings
- Riads of orange trees and jasmine
The best museums in Morocco
From the Bahia Palace to the Mohammed VI Museum in Rabat.
Museum · Guéliz – Majorelle
Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech
The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech: a brick building woven like fabric, telling the story of one of the 20th century’s greatest couturiers and his extraordinary bond with Morocco.
Museum · Guéliz – Majorelle
Pierre Bergé Museum of Berber Arts
Inside the blue villa of the Jardin Majorelle, a museum of over 600 objects revealing the richness of Amazigh (Berber) culture, from the Rif to the Sahara.
Museum · Northern Medina
Marrakech Museum
The Marrakech Museum in the Dar Menebhi palace: a vast covered courtyard with a giant brass chandelier, and exhibitions of historic and contemporary Moroccan art.
Museum · Northern Medina
Maison de la Photographie
A museum of Morocco’s visual memory: rare photographs from 1870 to 1960 in an old house, and a rooftop overlooking the medina and the Atlas.
Monument · Northern Medina
Ben Youssef Madrasa
Morocco’s largest historic madrasa: a marble courtyard with a reflecting pool and stucco, cedar and zellige decoration at the peak of Saadian craftsmanship.
Palace · Kasbah & Mellah
Bahia Palace
Bahia Palace in Marrakech: a maze of riads, salons and painted ceilings, designed by two 19th-century viziers to be the most beautiful palace of their time.
Palace · Kasbah & Mellah
El Badi Palace (Badi Museum)
El Badi Palace, also called the “Badi Museum”: the ruins of a legendary Saadian palace, with vast pools, stork-topped walls and the rare Koutoubia minbar.
Museum · Rabat
Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Mohammed VI Museum in Rabat: the first major national museum built since independence, and the reference for discovering Morocco’s pioneering painters.
