Some gardens of Marrakech

During our trip to Marrakech, we visited a few different gardens.  We visited the old Bahia Palace and it's gardens.  We visited the Majorelle Garden and the Palmeraie, a garden of palm trees, as well as the Agdal Gardens, the royal plantation.

Here is a window in the Bahia Palace.

One of the doors leading out of the Majorelle garden.  

The Majorelle Garden is a botanical garden that was designed by Jacques Majorelle in 1924.  The garden was owned by Yves Saint Laurent, until his death.  There is a memorial dedicated to him, and his ashes are scattered throughout the garden as well.

A banana tree.  Can you see the bananas?

The outside of one of the buildings.

A fountain surrounded by cacti and palm trees.

Huge, huge bamboos.

Some impressive cacti.

A camel in the Palmeraie.  Notice the "forest" of palm trees?

Here is the Sahraj el-Hana (Tank of Health) and an ancient Dar in the Agdal Garden.  

The plantation covers about 400 hectares, approximately 4 square kilometers.   The tank is now used to irrigate all the crops: orange trees, olive trees, fig trees etc.  The tank is filled with carp, that they use for food.  Some weigh 5 kg.  Back in the day the tank was used to train troops to swim.

A small building in the midst of orange trees and olive trees.