Marrakech, nouvelle ville and Jardin Majorelle

Today we have visited Marrakech “nouvelle ville”. It is the newer part of town, there are many beautiful buildings, trendy restaurants and coffee shops, it seems that is the Yale Town of Marrakesh. Also there is a brand new stretch with a shopping area, there are some store names that I am not familiar but also stores like Zara, Clio, Etam.
There are water fountains and benches, at night the place is packed with people – walking, eating, or just sitting around “people watching”.

Jardin Majorelle is a beautiful little garden right in the middle of city. It costs 3 Euros to get in.

As usually we walked to the garden, after a long walk in the sun, it was sure very nice to be in the garden and in the shade.

This garden used to be home of the painting studio of Jacques Majorelle in 1924, the studio is now a museum.

After Jacques Majorelle died, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge have brought the garden, renovated and maintained. There is a memorial for Yves Saint Laurent in the garden.

The garden is small but very nice with exotic plants, cactus, bamboo trees, palm trees, a small pond with lily pads.