Ancienne Matmata et habitat troglodytique

Monts de Matmata, gouvernorat de Gabès, Tunisia

Matmata, Tamezret et Toujane

Warning: Risk area

HeritageMountainDesertCountryside

4.4 / 5· Hidengo

The notebook of Matmata, Tamezret et Toujane

Follow the path that tutes the sky.

In the Matmata Mountains, houses dug around open-air courtyards meet the constraints of the arid environment. The Sidi Driss hotel also testifies to the history of the shootings. The villages of Tamezret and Toujane extend the discovery to peak and slope habitats, with road movements between sites.

At your own pace

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Identity summary

Ideal duration

2 to 3 days

Best time

Spring · Autumn · Winter

Car

Recommended car

Type of stay

Heritage · Mountain · Desert · Countryside

Accessibility

Limited accessibility

Rhythm

Modular rhythm

General presentation

Matmata, Tamezret et Toujane

Ancient Matmata and Troglodytic Habitat, Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata and Tamezret give the most telling landmarks of Matmata, Tamezret and Toujane. Together, they form a destination where you can meet heritage, mountain reliefs, desert areas and the countryside, with atmospheres that change over the course of the stages rather than just one uniform decor.

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For a stay of 2 to 3 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: enhanced vigilance: editorial qualification of the perimeter chosen after France Diplomacy, consulted on 9 September 2026 and conditions of access to monuments and places of worship to be confirmed. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. However, some sites require more walking, elevation or preparation.

Strengths and constraints

Strengths

Ancienne Matmata et habitat troglodytique
Hôtel Sidi Driss, Matmata
Tamezret
Toujane

Before you choose

Enhanced vigilance: editorial qualification of the perimeter selected after France Diplomatie, consulted on 9 September 2026.
Conditions of access to monuments and places of worship to be confirmed.
Perimeter of the villages of Matmata, Tamezret and Toujane; do not extend to border areas or the great South. Private houses accessible only with agreement.
Heat, relief and distance: adapt the exits; access to wads and desert according to local conditions.

Places worth visiting

A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.

Heritage

Ancienne Matmata et habitat troglodytique

3.8 / 5· Hidengo1 to 3 hrs on site · estimate

The ancient Matmata is known for its houses organized around large courtyards dug in the ground. The rooms are excavated on their sides, sometimes connected to other courtyards; this architecture distinguishes the village from the new agglomeration.

Heritage

Hôtel Sidi Driss, Matmata

4.0 / 5· Hidengo1 to 3 hrs on site · estimate

This troglodytic home became a hotel and was used as an interior decoration at the Lars farm in Star Wars. It is located in the old Matmata; the outside views of the farm filmed elsewhere should not be attributed to it.

Walk

Tamezret

3.8 / 5· Hidengo Half-day to one day · estimate

To the west of Matmata, the Amazigh village of Tamezret occupies the slopes of a hill. Its high-rise habitat offers a point of comparison with the buried houses of Matmata, in the same dry reliefs of the South Tunisian.

Walk

Toujane

3.8 / 5· Hidengo Half-day to one day · estimate

Toujane is an Amazigh village on the Matmata Mountains, distributed on both sides of a valley. Its configuration allows you to read directly the relationship between habitat, relief and circulation; it completes the stages of Matmata and Tamezret.