Jardin Majorelle is easily one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. French painter Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) came to live in Morocco in the 1920s and spent 40 years turning his Marrakech home into a living work of art made with bougainvillea, hibiscus, palm trees, yuccas, cacti, orange and olive trees, roses, bamboo, papyrus and water lilies. After Majorelle's death, Pierre Berge and Yves Saint-Laurent moved in and continued to cultivate the gardens. Today it is open to the public and is home to the Berber Museum, a very wonderful cafe, Yves Saint-Laurent's memorial and his Love Gallery.
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