The Palm Grove is nearly a thousands year old and offers a vast expanse of greenery
To throughly enjoy the Palm grove, take the time to have a drink at the Palmeraie Gold Palace.
The famous Palm Grove was planted during the Almoravides dynasty on 13 000 hectares and has more than a 100.000 trees.It is now the centre of a urbanisation plan with luxury residences, sports clubs, golfs and Five star hotels.The massive invasion is caused by the unique attractions of the Palm Grove : its age, magic and luxuriant vegetation.
You can visit the palm grove by car or in a fiacre. It is normally a fixed circuit which does not let you see the full richness of this place. Those who would like to try out the luxury the Grove now offers should go the fabulous swimming pool or have a drink on the terrrace of the Golf's Bar. This is probably the best way to have an idea of its former splendour. A vision, non the less, idyllic and far from the reality of the epoch, when the grove was a vast vegetable garden.
As well as producing dates, the palms protected the vegetables and fruit trees from the terrible Marreckech sun. When it was first planted the Grove was irrigated by an ingenious system of canals, mostly underground, called Khettaras.