Jardins Majorelle
Doesn’t this cactus look a bit like something out of Super Mario Bros. to you? This was my first time visiting the Jardins Majorelle and I was very impressed with…the bizarreness of the cactus garden and the bamboo graffiti, actually. In addition, the house was so blue, the fish so orange, the plant potters so so yellow. An oasis of bright color in a city of ochre.
Not only the bamboo was victimized - there were cactuses covered in graffiti as well, including one where someone had actually taken pains to draw a lovely khemisa.
Morocco’s ubiquitous cats (though this one looked plump and healthy, even flealess!)
The color of the house (now the home to the Museum of Islamic Art, which I skipped - partly because photography was forbidden and partly because I don’t love Islamic art) is truly striking. Janine, my companion and photography-oriented friend told me that it’s so blue that her camera kept thinking it was a mistake.
Even the lilypads are out of this world.
Bright colors everywhere.
All photographs in this post are by Jillian York (me)
April 6th, 2007 at 12:04 am
You’re friends pics are great.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I’m sorry? These are my photographs.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
So sorry, for some reason I thought I read that your friend took the photos. I should brush up on my English skills - I mean it’s only my native language. YOU’RE PHOTOS ARE LOVELY!
April 7th, 2007 at 2:08 am
No, no, it’s okay! I should be clearer - after I read the post again, I realized that my comment about her photography was unclear- hence the next post about Janine!
April 7th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I did visit les jardins de Majorelle in 2002, they are very beautiful, the entrance was 20 Dhs and one need to purchase a ticket to enter to the Islamic art Museum. Is that the case still? and How much is the entrance ticket now?
Your pics are great!!
April 7th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Unfortuately, prices are up. It’s 30dh to enter the gardens and 15dh more to enter the museum.
And thank you! I’m such an amateur.