A religious city of the DJERID whose wide ranges of mosques have endowed it the name of "Kairouan of the Desert", NEFTAis the most beautiful oasis in the whole region.
The "Pearl of the Djerid" stretches magnificently within its green case, on the eve of a hill eroded by the sand winds.
A day spent in Nefta will allow you to visit the oasis (sprinkled with 1000 water springs, it stretches in the very heart of a circus provided with dry edges and planted with a plethors high palm-trees), the dates harvest, the "old city" (medina) and its many mosques, white "Koubbas" (domes) , minarets, and of course the souks (markets).
Tozeur, a multi-faceted city holds many surprises. You can visit the oasis (huge and boasts 200,000 palm-trees and 200 water-springs). A guide is constantly at your disposal to explain the shrewd irrigation system, devised by the famous mathematician Ibn Chabbat, which allowed for centuries to share water resources. You will also be acquainted with the 400 species of palm-trees and the multi-levelled culture, availables in the oasis. In Tozeur, you can also visit the "Belvédère" (superb panorama overlooking the palm-tree groves and the Chotts), the "Paradis" (spendid Eden Garden sprinkled with roses), the "Medina" (old city) in a barouche, the "Briquetterie" ,traditional manufacture of the famous Tozeur bricks, still being used to make the house façades. You will also be provided with an opportunity to learn the traditional hadicrafts. You can also visit the Zoo (park replete with reptiles, birds ans other desert animals). Don't forget to visit the museums.
This small village surrounded by a range of mountains overlooks the mountaneous oasis where both waterfalls and springs bestow their water on the innumerable palm groves.
This small mountain oasis seems to be hanging above the deep necks with vertical edges surrounding it, on three sides.
Ghost city encountered nearly a mountains chain hanged on the edge of a huge canyon. Deserted, it offers a strange view of a dormant village, the old village of TAMERZA has become, for many years the headquarters of a renowned movie-makers also would come to shoot their films in this biblical venue. Not far away from there, you will be enticed by the waterfalls.
Here lies ideal venue to escape and enjoy exotic feelings, made of a cocktail of sand dunes, green oases, magnificent chotts (salt lakes)... The Geat South, land of adventure, is the appropriate land for the 4-wheel drive and auto-moto rallies..
Sunset on the sand dunes, it's an unforgettable memory. For this kind of trips aboard 4-wheel drive cars or on camel backs, add to your pleasure by choosing the experienced guides. The dunes of "Lariguett" made famous following the shooting of the movie "Star Wars", the decor of which you could still visit (above) lie at a few minuts only from the house. Through the mountain passage "Camel's neck", you will be entitled to a lifetime visit to mirage of the salt lake " Chott El Gharsa ".
These natural decors have been choosen to shoot the film" The English Patient".
Departure station of the "Lézard Rouge", small train of the "Beys" dating back to the begining of the century, METLAOUI is virtually the only access point in order to discover the famous SELJA necks as well its awesome canyons. METLAOUI is located at some 40 mn from Tozeur. The "Lézard Rouge" a train influenced by colonial spirit, has six coaches, one of which is Bey carriage and another used as a bar. The train follows the mines railways, along side the river bed and offering swelling silt. There is no other way to lead a such heavenly sites. These infinite walls leading to the heart of the superb canyons, have enticed more than a movie-maker (Franco Zefirelli, Yves Boisset, Harisson Ford...). An out-of-time journey within a gemine Far-West setting that you will certainly memorise as a lifetime experience.
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