Cyber Park

The Arsat Moulay Abdeslam is an eighteenth-century royal garden of about eight hectares on the avenue between the medina walls and the French town, and it had gone to neglect before a renovation in 2005 that replanted it, restored the water channels and, unusually, installed free public wifi and terminals across the grounds - which is where the name Cyber Park comes from and which was a genuinely novel piece of public provision at the time. What it is now is a well-kept municipal park: olive, orange, palm and cypress in formal blocks, walled alleys, fountains, benches in shade, and a good deal of Marrakech sitting in it - students, families and people escaping the heat. It costs nothing, it is on the walk between the Koutoubia and Gueliz, and it is the most straightforwardly useful green space in the city for anyone who has been in the medina all morning.

What you actually see

• An eighteenth-century royal garden - eight hectares of formal planting inside walls.
• Free public wifi - installed in 2005 and the reason for the modern name.
• Shaded alleys - olive, orange and cypress in blocks with fountains between.
• The city using it - students and families rather than visitors.

When to go

October to April; midday, when the shade is worth having. An hour.

Honest expectations

It is a municipal park, not a set-piece garden - people expecting Majorelle will be underwhelmed. The wifi terminals are dated. It closes at dusk. Entrances are limited to the avenue side.

Nearby

The Koutoubia is south-east; Gueliz is north-west up the avenue.