Menara Gardens

حدائق المنارة

A big reservoir, a pavilion and the Atlas behind

Hours

Daily 09:00–17:00 (Wikivoyage); may vary by season

Tickets

Gardens free; small separate fee for the pavilion (check on site)

Address

End of Avenue de la Ménara, north of the airport road

The centrepiece is a huge basin the Almohads dug in the 12th century to water the olive groves. On its edge sits a 19th-century pavilion with a green pyramid roof, and on clear winter days the snowy Atlas stands behind it like a backdrop; it's the classic Marrakech postcard. Beyond that it's dirt paths between olive trees, so don't expect a showpiece garden. It's more a park where local families come to stroll.