Matmata Hotels

... here. We begin in the capital city of Tunis, travel to historic Carthage, the fort of Hammamet, the Roman Amphitheatre at El-Djem, Sfax, Matmata, the island of Jerba for some beach fun, the Sahara Desert, the salt pan Chott El Jerid, and the oasis town of ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... migratory birds.  We saw hundred of flamingos migrating north from Tanzania and Kenya.  From there, we moved on to Matmata; this town was the inspiration to George Lucas for some of the characters and places in "Star Wars."  In the ...

... desert.   We covered a lot of ground during our 14-day tour that included Gammarth, Carthage, Dougga, Tozeur, Douz, Matmata, Djerba, Sousse, Monastir, Rabat, and back to Tunis. We were told that Tunisia is one of the most visitor-friendly North ...

... Luke in sight for our visit today. May 27th KM START = 16,575 (Trip = 6,205 ) KM END = 16,834 (Trip = 6,464) Route: Matmata > Douz > Tozeur The road out of Matmata is a lovely 15km stretch of winding hill climb, and then we are on the ...

... about the only things that live in this area.  It is a weird moon-like landscape that makes the long journey from Matmata north more interesting. We stopped for two nights in Tozeur.  We were very pleased that the tour included this area as it ...

... oaziz (Tamerza) where you can see some waterfalls, canyons, palm trees and  dry mountains. In the south you can visit Matmata (where the movie Starwars was filmed) where it seems to be on the Moon and there are fresh underground houses or Chenini an ...