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The desert castles in Tunisia

 
 

The desert castles

Ksar Haddada Ksar HaddadaLocated some 12 and a half miles from the Sahara, Ksar Haddada was used as a set in the film 'Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace'. © Ariel Fuchs

Fortified villages or genuine fortresses, the Ksours are castles in the Tunisian desert. Milestones in the south of the country perched on sand dunes or set on mountain slopes, these works of stone or adobe fit in perfectly with the surrounding scenery. It is as if man and nature worked together to create these sites.

All the reasons to go

Other reasons to go

  1.   Landscapes

  2.   Coasts

  3.   Towns

  4.   The fauna and flora

  5.   Arts and culture

  6.   Monuments

  7.   Traditions

  8.   The desert castles

  9.   Activities and leisure

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