Ben Youssef madrasa was built around 1570 by saadians.Restored in 1950, this former Koranic school is the vastest “madrasa” of Marrakesh.Located in the full centre of the medina, this is a “must see” building for every travel in “the Red City”.Symbol of the saadian culture, it could accommodate 900 students.Formerly dedicated to the distribution of the knowledge and sciences, it is a part of the cultural heritage of Marrakesh nowadays.

Partially built in 1158 by Almohad Sultan Abdel Moumen, the Koutoubia mosque is nowadays one of the symbols of Marrakesh.Its construction was completed in 1199 under the authority of the sultan’s grandson, Yacoub el-Mansour who decided to build its famous 77 meters-high minaret.True gem of the Spanish-Moresque art, the Koutoubia cannot be visited by non-Muslim tourist, but stays an emblematic monument of Marrakesh.

Dating from the saadian dynasty, which reign on Marrakesh and Morrocco lasted 125 years, the saadians tombs were built at the end of the XVI’s century. Hidden by the alaouite sultan in 1654, and then rediscovered in 1917, this royal necropolis is the unique vestige of the saadian dynasty which tried to develop arts and diplomatic relations with the rest of the world.The “room of 12 columns”, the most prestigious mausoleum of the saadians tombs, shelters the carrara marble grave of the child Ahmed El Mansour.

Created in 1931 by French painter Jacques Majorelle, the Majorelle Garden, true haven of peace with luxuriant vegetation, shelters besides bougainvilleas, bamboo and geranias, the French painter’s workshop.When Majorelle died in 1962, the garden was abandoned and bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, who replanted the vegetation.Today frequently visited by tourists from the entire world, who want to take advantage of its exceptional fauna and flora, the Majorelle Garden is an inescapable place to discover the beauties of Marrakech.

Built in the end of the 19th century, the Bahia Palace was the dwelling that Vizier Ahmed Ben Moussa offered to one of his common law wives. Made of 150 rooms, and offering a magnificient view on the north of the medina, and on the Atlas mountains, it is composed of richly ornamented rooms as well as very beautiful and gardens and patios full of flowers. Progressively extended further to the acquisition of grounds and palaces, it presents a rather chaotic architecture.

Located near Medrasa Ben Youssef, the Marrakech museum was an immense palace of 2108m2, typical of the Spanish-Mauresque art. Built in the end of the XIXth century, restored and transformed into a museum by Omar Benjelloun, it organizes since 1995 exhibitions of contemporary art and exposes cultural works of the Moroccan heritage. Organized around a gigantic patio of 709 m2, you will discover numerous Moroccan or foreign painters and sculptors’ works, objets d’art , jewels, ceramic and arab manuscripts.