This stop was outside Marrakech on a drive up into the Atlas Mountains. The Jardin Anima or Andre Heller’s Magic Garden was a fantastic stop. It’s a whimsical and wonderful hidden garden. It was mysterious and entertaining. The art works were very interesting and the plants were widely varied in color, texture, size, and type. The gardens had shady strolls, lots of flowers and fragrances, sculptures, pavilions, water features, and occasional views of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains with peaks over 13,000 feet.

The gardens are five acres. We spent an hour here but I would have liked to have had more time to just sit in certain places and contemplate life and the art and the scenery.

The first photo was one of the many sculptures in the garden and the first one we came to.

The walking path goes right under and between the eyes. It was highly entertaining.

This was just a sitting area that we passed.

Next came a contemplative area or at least that’s how we interpreted it.

I really liked this particular piece of garden art.

Don’t throw stones if you live in glass houses. Vicky didn’t even think about it.

This was another of the many stopping or resting areas in the garden. Each of them was fun and unique.

The masks might indicate something special but I don’t know what.

Next came one really big mosaic mask and one of my favorites pieces of garden art.

The last photo is Vicky walking the largest of the labyrinths. It’s round but there’s a square one right behind it.