Saharan Tunisia

Saharan Tunisia is the southern and western area of Tunisia which consists mostly of desert.

Cities
Sidi Mahrez Mosque in Tunis
  • 🌍 Douz (دوز‎ , Dūz)
  • 🌍 Nefta – Tunisia's centre of Sufism with many desert villages nearby
  • 🌍 Tataouine (تطاوين‎ ; Berber: Tiṭṭawin) – Lent its name to Luke Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars. Several of the locations are popular destinations.
  • 🌍 Tozeur (توزر‎ , Tozir; Berber: ⵜⵓⵣⴻⵔ , Tuzer) – gateway to several Saharan oasis villages

Other destinations
  • 🌍 Jebil National Park – a large Saharan National Park with impressive dunes and rock formations
  • 🌍 Métlaoui (متلوي‎ , Mitlawī) — get aboard the restored Red Lizard vintage train snaking through scenic gorges and hills
  • 🌍 Sufetula (سبيطلة‎ , Sbaytlā) — a fairly well preserved Roman town
  • 🌍 Ksar Ghilane

Understand

The region consists of the governorates Gafsa, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kebili, Kef, Tataouine and Tozeur.

Get in

By plane
  • 🌍 Gafsa Ksar International Airport (Aéroport international de Gafsa-Ksar GAF  IATA).  
  • Tozeur-Nefta, Tozeur–Nefta International Airport Aéroport International de Tozeur–Nefta TOE IATA

Get around

See

Do

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

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