The Big Six Sights
        
    
     
These are Marrakesh's top six absolute must-sees that every visitor should be sure not to miss:
- The Jemaa el Fna: the square full of performers at the heart of the city, which comes to life in the evening
- The Koutoubia Minaret: the perfectly proportioned prototype for all Moroccan minarets, floodlit in the evening
- The Majorelle Garden: stunningly beautiful garden created by artist Jacques Majorelle and revived by fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent
- The Ben Youssef Medersa: Koranic school with some of the finest Islamic art in Marrakesh
- The El Badi Palace: the amazing ruins of a huge sixteenth-century palace
- The Saadian Tombs: sumptuous decor in a mausoleum that was lost and forgotten for two centuries