A garden forty years in the making
Begun in 1922 by the French painter Jacques Majorelle, this enchanting Moroccan garden is the work of nearly forty years.
The walled grounds unfold in interlacing paths and changes of level around a villa of Art Deco Moorish architecture, painted in the ultramarine blue the painter made his own. Succulents, cacti, bamboo, palms and water lilies compose a landscape drawn from five continents.
In 1980, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé bought the garden to save it from a hotel development, and moved into the painter's villa, renamed Villa Oasis.
« For many years I have found in the Majorelle garden an inexhaustible source of inspiration, and I have often dreamed of its unique colours. »
Admission
Reduced rates are granted on presentation of valid supporting documentation.
- Standard rate
- 170 Dhs
- Moroccan citizens and foreign residents
- 75 Dhs
- Moroccan students
- 40 Dhs
- International students
- 95 Dhs
Free admission
Admission is free for children under 10 accompanied by an adult, visitors with disabilities on presentation of their card, travel agents and tour guides with valid credentials, and ICOM members on presentation of their card.
School groups are welcomed on written request made one month in advance. Press are received on presentation of a professional card, following a written request made 72 hours in advance.
Practical information
- Opening hours
- Daily, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Last entry at 6 p.m.
- Address
- Rue Yves Saint Laurent 40 090 Marrakech, Morocco
- Contact
- +212 (0)5 24 29 86 86
Plan your visit
The garden brochure, in three languages. To preserve this fragile garden and ensure everyone's comfort, please follow its guidelines.
Jardin Majorelle brochure
The garden in a few figures
- 1922
- Jacques Majorelle buys the palm grove and begins planting.
- 9,000 m²
- of garden open to the public, in the heart of Marrakech.
- 300
- plant species from five continents.
- 40 years
- of the painter's work composing the garden.
A century in a few dates
- 1922
Jacques Majorelle, an Orientalist painter living in Marrakech, buys a palm grove north of the medina.
- 1931
The architect Paul Sinoir designs the painter's Cubist studio, today the Pierre Bergé Museum of Berber Arts.
- 1937
Majorelle registers the ultramarine blue that now carries his name and covers the garden walls with it.
- 1947
The garden opens to the public for the first time.
- 1980
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé buy the garden, threatened by a hotel development, and move into the Villa Oasis.
- 2008
Yves Saint Laurent's ashes are scattered in the garden's rose garden.
- 2017
The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech opens a few steps from the garden.
- 2024
The Jardin Majorelle celebrates its centenary.
The garden in pictures
The cacti, the villa, the pool and the rose garden.
A garden is never the work of chance.
Jacques Majorelle, 1922 — 1962