Jardin Majorelle

About this place

A botanical and artist's garden of about one hectare, created by the French painter Jacques Majorelle over nearly forty years from 1923, centred on a Cubist villa designed by the architect Paul Sinoir in the 1930s and painted in the cobalt blue that bears the artist's name, Majorelle blue. The garden gathers plants from five continents: giant cacti, palms, dense bamboo, water plants in fish-filled pools and shaded paths between pots painted yellow and blue. In the 1980s the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé bought it, saved it and restored it, and a memorial to Yves Saint Laurent stands in the garden. The villa now houses the Pierre Bergé Museum of Berber Arts, with jewellery, costumes and objects from across Morocco, and a few steps away is the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech, opened in 2017 in its red-brick building. Tickets are sold only on the official website; the garden ticket costs about a hundred and seventy dirhams according to 2026 guides, with separate tickets for each museum. The garden opens from eight to half past six, last entry at six; book early and come in the morning.