⚔️ Star Wars Locations in Tunisia
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Sahara 1 day · Ksar Ghilane via Matmata & Star Wars from Djerba
Matmata & Douz — gateway to the Sahara
3 days — Djerba → Tozeur, oasis, desert & Star Wars
Star Wars — 3-day circuit
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Desert excursion from Djerba: which destination to choose?
Three regions, three atmospheres: the Berber Dahar and its ksour, the Sahara of Ksar Ghilane and Douz, the oases of the Jerid around Tozeur. Here is how to choose your excursion according to the time you have.
Nefta, Mos Espa and Ong Jemel: the Star Wars sets in the desert
West of Tozeur, the holy city of Nefta watches over its "basket" of springs. A little further on, among the dunes, the village of Mos Espa is still waiting for Anakin: the set of The Phantom Menace is still standing.
The Chott el Jerid: crossing the great salt lake of the Tunisian Sahara
More than 5,000 km² of salt as far as the eye can see, a straight road laid across it, mirages dancing at noon and pink reflections at sunset: the Chott el Jerid is one of the strangest landscapes in Tunisia.
Tozeur: the great oasis of the Jerid, its ochre bricks and its palm grove
Capital of the Jerid, Tozeur is Tunisia's most beautiful oasis town: a vast palm grove fed by dozens of springs, an old town with ochre brick façades and, all around, the salt lake and the mountain oases.
Ksar Hadada: the Mos Espa slave quarter, a ksar turned film set
In this ksar converted into a hotel, George Lucas filmed the alleys of Mos Espa's slave quarter in 1997, where Anakin and his mother live. The ghorfas remain, and the place draws fans from all over the world.
Ksar Ouled Soltane: the best-preserved fortified granary in southern Tunisia
Two closed courtyards, hundreds of vaulted cells stacked over four levels, outer staircases climbing in zigzags: Ksar Ouled Soltane is the most impressive ksar in the Dahar, and a setting from The Phantom Menace.
Chenini: the hilltop Berber village and the Seven Sleepers mosque
Clinging to a limestone ridge more than 600 metres above sea level, Chenini is the most beautiful Berber village in southern Tunisia: houses carved into the rock, terraced granaries, a white mosque and a thousand-year-old legend.
Tataouine: the capital of the ksour, between the Dahar and the Sahara
The town of Tataouine lent its name to Luke Skywalker's planet, but its real treasure lies around it: dozens of ksour, the fortified Berber granaries, and the hilltop villages of Chenini, Douiret and Guermessa.
Matmata: the troglodyte houses and Luke Skywalker's home
Seen from the sky, Matmata looks like a field of craters: each crater is a house, dug into the earth by the Berbers to shelter from the heat. One of them became Luke Skywalker's home.