Menara Gardan From Bab al Jadid (west of the city), the long avenue leading to the Menara gardens Menara. Symbol of Marrakech as well as the minaret of the Koutoubia, the grove of a hundred acres is a place in which to walk. The large pond dug in the center reflects … an elegant pavilion that housed the saadien trysts sultans. According to legend, one of them was accustomed, at the first light of day, the plunge of the night his girlfriend.