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Parks · Medina edge / Gueliz
An eight-hectare 18th-century princely orchard opposite the Koutoubia, rehabilitated in 2005 with Maroc Telecom money into a free public garden with shaded alleys, olive and citrus trees, pools and a small communications museum. It is the only large green space within walking distance of Jemaa el-Fna.
Flat, shaded and free, with wide paved paths and benches, it is the most practical place in central Marrakech to give a dog a proper on-lead walk away from traffic.
Visit Marrakech, the city's official tourism body, lists the garden, its address and its 2005 reopening, and its garden guide gives free entry and roughly 6am-10pm daily. No dog policy is published by the operator, the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, so leashed dogs are a local habit rather than a written right and gate staff can refuse entry. Keep the lead short and stay on the paved paths rather than the lawns. Source: visitmarrakech.com listing.
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