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Agdal Gardens
Moroccan sultans have greeted dignitaries here for eight centuries, among fragrant fruit and olive orchards and reflecting pools stocked with psychic carp that sense you and your bread crusts coming. The gardens still serve ceremonial purposes, so they're only open weekends and when the king isn't in residence.
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Cyberpark
Tiptoe through the tulips to check email at the Cyberpark, an eight-hectare royal garden dating from about 1700 that now offers free wifi. The paths are lined with orange trees, palms and internet kiosks - wait your turn on benches filled with teenagers and nervous online daters.
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Menara Gardens
Local lore tells of a sultan who seduced guests over dinner, then chucked them in the Menara Gardens' pools to drown. Clear days bring families for picnics in a stately 19th-century pavilion. Stay for sunsets against the Atlas mountain backdrop, but skip the sound-and-light show, a 65-minute flag-waving version of Marrakshi history featuring lasers and awkward interpretive dance.
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Ramparts
In the 12th century, the Almoravids wrapped the Medina snugly in 19km of mud brick 5m tall, so that the city doubled as a fortress. But this didn't keep out the Almohads, who considered their predecessors irredeemably corrupt and razed the city, leaving almost no trace of their 85-year rule except for these ramparts. Today the ramparts are for lovers, not fighters, with couples patrolling the rampart gardens at sunset. Calèches (horse-drawn carriages) are available near the Djemaa el-Fna.
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