Matmata National Park International

Matmata

 
Description: Village in Tunisia with about 5,000 inhabitants. Matmata has many of the best examples of troglodyte architecture in ... more
Matmata ... the world: vertical caves dug by man into soft sandstone usually formed as a circle with doors and rooms dug in from the vertical walls.

Newest Review: ... did call in at an oasis on the way back, and somewhere else for a late meal but Matmata was definitely the highlight of the day. Each troglodyte dwelling consisted of a large hole dug into the crown of a hillock. The hole was about ten metres diameter and probably 6 or 7 metres deep. A tunnel was dug through the sid of the hill to the bottom of the hole, sloping gradually to form the ... more

 ... entrance to the home. Around the hole caverns were scooped out of the wall to form rooms, there was even a staircase dug into the wall of some dwellings, leading to an upper level of rooms. The walls of the rooms were whitewashed and the whole place was kept n...more

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petehall
Premium Review Matmata: Unique Troglodyte Dwellings (489 words)
by - written on 24/03/02 (Very useful, 117 readings)
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Its been a while now since I visited Matmata, but the unique cave dwellings made it a place that I will remember forever. Three hundred miles south of Sousse, where we were staying made it one hell of a long day trip (about 18 hours) but it was well worth the hassel. Its worth noting that this was a Christmas holiday, thankfully, but in summer I think the heat would have been unbearable. We called at the 3 rd largest colloseum (at El Djem if I remember right) then at a large town called Sfax, that had the most unfortunate smell of sewerage, and we couldn't wait to leave. On to Gabes on the coast for a meal break and finally to Matmata. We did call in at an oasis on ...  Read the complete review

Little+Miss
Premium Review Have lunch on the Star Wars set! (873 words)
by - written on 25/06/01 (Very useful, 809 readings)
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Where? That was my reaction to being told I would be visiting Matmata. I was then told it's a town of Troglodyte houses, I still wasn't convinved for some reason I was imagining small troll like people living in caves. But then I was told it's where Star Wars was filmed, "oh" I said now rather curious and trying to remember back, (I haven't seen the new version and it's a long time since I saw the old one.) I seemed to remember strange little people living in holes dug into the hills side, and decided it would actually be a rather cool place to visit. (In fact "The life of Brian was also filmed in Tunisia but in Monastir, and also ...  Read the complete review

 

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