Marrakech in 3 days

The garden created by painter Jacques Majorelle and later saved by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, around a villa painted cobalt blue.

The great square of the medina, UNESCO-recognised for its oral heritage, where food stalls, musicians and storytellers take over as night falls.

A maze of covered alleys north of Jemaa el-Fna, grouped by trade: dyers, metalworkers, leather, spices and carpets.

A late 19th-century palace built for the grand viziers, with painted cedar ceilings, zellige tilework and garden courtyards.

The 12th-century Almohad mosque whose minaret, about 77 metres tall, is the city’s landmark; non-Muslims admire it from the gardens outside.