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Matmata Slideshow
Top Hotels in Matmata
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Ksar El Amazigh Matmata
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Matmata Hotel
9 reviews -
Le Diar el Barbar Matmata
35 reviews
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Hotel Kousseila Matmata
2 reviews
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Hotel Marhala Matmata
21 reviews -
Hotel Sidi Driss Matmata
15 reviews
Matmata
Travel Blogs from Matmata, Tunisia
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Life in the Star Wars hotel
This is a top pick! ... and in the valley below. Countless hills ripple across the landscape as far as the eye can see. By 1pm I'd arrived in Matmata. The Sidi Driss Hotel opened in 1968 and as it is at the centre of town its extensive network of troglodyte crater ...
Hitting the Sahara - Take II
... craters built into the rocky hillside. These formed the "rooves" of the hundreds of troglodyte caves that characterised Matmata. Half of these are still inhabited underground homes, with many more having been converted into hotels and restaurants. Before ...
Troglodytes and Trains
(NOTE: I've had WAY less internet access than I thought I would.. haven't been able to transcribe my written journals and post them, but I thought I'd just post the pictures to satisfy you guys for the moment. Keep sending me emails though! I'll send ...
Into the desert!
(NOTE: I've had WAY less internet access than I thought I would.. haven't been able to transcribe my written journals and post them, but I thought I'd just post the pictures to satisfy you guys for the moment. Keep sending me emails though! I'll send ...
Day 87 - Luke's House
... do before I wasted time with my friends. Old sourpuss. He'll get his comeuppance. So a little on Tunisia.... First thing I noticed is that is is very French. The streets are littered with battered old Peugeots and ...
Dessert, Matmata & little towns around
Alquilamos un auto.....y nos fuimos a pasear por todos lados... geniallllllllllllllllllllllll. Dormimos en Matmata donde se filmo Star Wars (La guerra de las galaxias) Usamos el auto de colectivo y levantamos a todos los que hacian dedo por el ...
The Sahara
Having secured out trek to the Sahara south of Tozeur, we woke up early in order to buy provisions for the long drive into the desert. Our destination, Ksar Ghilane is about 100km into the Sahara and, it being summer, we expected that vast amounts of ...
Ksar Guilane - Sahara Dessert
Pese a todos los pronosticos nos adentramos en el desierto con la peugeot partner.... habia solo arena y mas arena. Cuando llegamos a Ksar Ghilane (un oasis de pelicula) le tuvimos que ceder el volante a un beduino que se bajo del camello para domar las ...
Star Wars
... Alot of the original 1977 Star Wars was filmed in Tunisia (Luke was from the desert planet Tataooine, named after a town in Southern Tunisia) and some of the crappy later movies were too but I can't be bothered to remember or mention them. Though often ...
Matmata Star Wars and Dirt Wars
... hotbed and centre of rural wifeswapping. (It was in an Auckland magazine so it must be true) No wife swapping in Matmata thats for sure, They seem to keep them. Some have up to three wives. Yeah gods, imagine paying for three divorces if it ...
a casa di Luke
... (aaargh... volevo la foto con il cartello)... però oggi siamo andati a vedere nientemeno che la casa di Luke Skywalker!! Siamo a Matmata, paese famoso per le case troglodite che quel genio di George Lucas ha scoperto chissà come 30 anni fa, e ne è ...
Sand in your ...
Well what a day. We drove in 4x4 to an oasis in the Sahara. Arrived in time to swim in the hot spring which was actually cooler than the air temp. At dusk we went on a camal trek into the dunes. K was terrified for about 10 mins ...
Leaving Libya
... desert country one day…. Today, as we write this, we are sitting on the truck at the border waiting to cross in to Tunisia. We’ve been nine hours so far, and at the moment both the keys to the truck and everyone’s passports have ...
Matmata Tunisia
After 2 hours crossing the Libyan border (corrupt official wanted money and refused to process our passports) drove to Matmata and stayed overnight. Started the day at Matmata in the hotel Sidi Driss, set of star wars. Then visited a berber family ...
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
... to take the detour through Tatouine. We got our fill of Star Wars at this place and took out the direction to Djerba. Tunisia was clearly a richer country. The stores actually had a selection of each item and the cars were mostly new and of more ...
Matmata
On route to Matmata we pass miles upon miles of olive groves. There are over 55,000,000 olive trees in Tunisia! I got the chance to grind some flour at the Troglodyte dwelling - amazing. The cave houses are quite spectacular. ...
Heading off towards the Sahara
... colleseum in the world Called El Djem. Its where they filmed recent Gladiator movie. Then we headed off to the region of Matmata. We visited a troglodyte house (Man made caves in the 'Stony Desert') People dwell here all year round. This region is where ...
Outskirts of Sahara
Imagine...they have internet in the Sahara. Currently we are sleeping in a cave or old berber house as it is locally known. K is in heaven of course. I will attempt to upload pics soon. Off to Sahara proper tomorrow. It is f...ing hot. ...
Beduins, Douz and Max
Found two beduin brothers, one very proud camel called Max (proud we suspect because he was white. We tried to tell him that was not exactly pc.). The beduin brothers baked bread in the sand, made wonderful food for us, tried to distract us from the ...
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