Matmata

Matmata is one of the major tourist attractions in Tunisia for its troglodyte that appear as carter-like depressions from the surface and attract a large number of visitors for it permanently. It locates about 450 km away from Tunisia, 60 km westward Medenine, and 34 km away from Gabes. For a long period, this area was a residence for the Berber tribes and there is no certain information about the real reason for living in such dwellings. One of the most popular folks about the history of this area says that the people of Tunisia dug these carters underground to escape from some of the tyrant Pharaonic kings who invaded the country and were willing to kill anybody in their way. Nowadays, some of these troglodytes have been destructed because of the constructions of modern buildings on the ...Read More