manara :marrakech

True oasis in little distance from the center of Marrakech Ménara, is a big garden of the 40 varieties of olive trees around a huge pond that is used for tank for the irrigation of plants.

He is one of the places of the quiet one Marrakech and many there will find the peace at the edge of the pool supplied with water from the mountains that we can see on the horizon.

This tank is powered by a very old hydraulic Qanat name system that allows to get water from the mountains out 30 miles of Marrakech.


The Gardens of Ménara around 1147 were arranged by the Caliph Abd al-Mumin Marrakech who seized by founding rule of the Almohades Almoravides supplanted that.

The name of Menara comes from the roof shaped like a pyramid (Menzeh) of building the house at the time of the Saadi dynasty in the 16th century by rear renovated Rahman, Abd the sultan ibn Hicham who had made his summer palace.

This place was and remains one of the favorite places in the couples who enjoy romantic setting of this house that reflects in the water of the majestic basin and the backdrop of the mountains High Atlas.

For the visitors who wish to enjoy the freshness of the places, the entrance to the gardens are even by an import duty 20 dirhams has wanted to visit the house.

The Gardens of Ménara represent one of main attractions in Marrakech, as well as Koutoubia, the Place Jamâa Fna El Ben Youssef Medersa, the Palace Badi El or the Gardens of Agdal.