The Jardin Majorelle is more than just a gallery – both the garden and the building are works of art in themselves, not to mention the Museum of Berber Culture also housed on site. The French painter Jacques Majorelle came to Marrakech in 1917 and began building a house with landscape gardens in 1923. With the help of botanists and architects, he developed an extraordinary garden full of exotic flowers and constructed a magnificent villa in the midst of it, inspired by a blend of Art Deco and Moorish influence, standing boldly in bright blue. The site now covers 12 acres and in 1980 became the home of Yves Saint-Laurent – his ashes were scattered at Majorelle in 2008. You will find fountains, pools, sculptures, a gallery of posters by Saint-Laurent and the Museum of Berber Culture within the extensive grounds.