Matmata, Tunisia Travel Blogs

Life in the Star Wars hotel
Jun 10, 2006 (21 photos)

... 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 ...

Dessert, Matmata & little towns around
Oct 24, 2007 (151 photos)

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 desierto.... ...

Hitting the Sahara - Take II
Apr 2, 2009 (40 photos)

... 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 ...

Matmata Star Wars and Dirt Wars
Apr 2, 2009 (30 photos)

... 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 ...

Troglodytes and Trains
Nov 1, 2008 (16 photos)

(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!
Oct 30, 2008 (39 photos)

(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
Nov 1, 2007 (9 photos)

... 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 ...

Ksar Guilane - Sahara Dessert
Oct 25, 2007 (165 photos)

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 ...

Matmata
Mar 17, 2005

Parada en Matmata

The Sahara
Jul 13, 2007 (50 photos)

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 ...

Star Wars
Jul 13, 2007 (12 photos)

... discrete manner. I suppose because it doesn't have any, but you could've fooled me--they all looked about the same! From Matmata, Mohammed drove us up to Gabes, a port town that is considered ugly and never gets tourists. It seemed like the rest of ...

a casa di Luke
Apr 29, 2009 (7 photos)

... (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 stato ...

Sand in your ...
Jun 23, 2009 (9 photos)

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 ...

Matmata
Jul 17, 2002 (5 photos)

mala berberska dedina

Matmata
Aug 13, 2000

Matmata

Matmata Tunisia
Mar 24, 2009

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 ...

map pin only
Aug 27, 2007

Map pin

Matmata
Aug 10, 2007 (4 photos)

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
Jul 4, 2005 (20 photos)

... 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
Jun 21, 2009 (6 photos)

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. ...

Oct 26, 2009
Oct 26, 2009 (8 photos)

Beduins, Douz and Max
Dec 14, 2000

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 horny ...