Tunisian Sahara: 3 Days 2 Nights Douz and Tozeur

The Great Mosque is the symbol of Kairouan. It is one of the oldest mosques in the world and one of the most beautiful, one of the most impressive monuments in all of the Maghreb! Its religious prestige makes Kairouan the 4th holiest city in Islam. We admire its imposing minaret, its majestic courtyard of impressive dimensions, surrounded by superbly designed arcades and housing a sundial, and the tall, richly carved cedar wood doors. ​They open onto the prayer rooms, decorated with dozens of marble columns. Built in 670, this architectural masterpiece, whose appearance evokes an adobe fortress, inspired other mosques in the Maghreb.

The Kairouan medina is one of the most preserved and authentic in Tunisia, where you can take a look in the souks, taste Kairouan's pastries "Les Mekroudhs" and its artisanal carpet manufacturing.

Departure in carriages and walk in the Oasis of Tozeur, (included in the offer)

he west of the governorate of Tozeu

Tamerza or Tameghza is located 14 kilometers north of Chebika, close to the border with Algeria, it was an ancient Roman and Episcopal defensive position in the Byzantine era. The road to Tamerza is winding. Running along a large canyon, it is 10 km long from Chebika. Its construction dates from the 2nd World War when Rommel, besieged by the allies from the North.

It is in the Tunisian desert, 14 km from Nefta and 38 km from Tozeur, that Georges Lucas set his scene. The place is magical and visitors were inspired by curiosity. Moreover, these same sets were used for the filming of episodes I and II of Star Wars.

The Nefta basket is a crevasse in the form of a basket from which 152 springs emerged to irrigate the entire Nefta palm grove. In the 1980s the springs dried up one after the other and there was desolation. The phenomenon was the same in El Hamma, Degache and finally Tozeur.

The Chott Djerid salt lake is the largest Tunisian saline plain or sebkha with an area of approximately 5,000 km2. It is the largest of the sebkhas in the Maghreb.

Douz is a city in the south of Tunisia known as the “gate to the Sahara, where you will admire a quite superb Sahara Sunset; and you can, at the same time, enjoy the Sahara desert with a Quad trip on the sand dunes, camel ride (optional)

The city of MATMATA is located in the southeast of Tunisia, more precisely to the west of the city of Gabès. It is an ancient Berber village spread on the hills, identifying with rocky landscapes, with a panoramic view at the top of the mountain and hiding one of the strange sites of Tunisia. The houses in this village are called troglodyte houses where you admire the beauty of the underground dwellings in MATMATA. They are located in an underground pit in the form of caves, and each pit takes a circular shape and consists of a courtyard decorated with designs and colors, and it consists of other rooms of the house, the rooms of the house with smooth mud. If you are a history lover, it is recommended to visit this beautiful village, which is visited by tourists from all over the world on daily tours to discover the underground life and learn about the customs and traditions of its inhabitants.

The El Jem amphitheater is an exceptional testimony to Roman architecture, particularly that of monuments built for spectacle purposes, in Africa. Located in a plain in the center of Tunisia, this amphitheater, built entirely of dressed stone, is neither dug nor backed by a hill. In this way, it follows the model of the Colosseum in Rome without, however, being a simple copy of the Flavian building. Its dimensions (major axis of 148 meters and minor axis of 122 meters) and its capacity (estimated at 35,000 spectators) undoubtedly rank it among the largest amphitheaters in the world.