Matmata Tatouine Star Wars

Medenine/Matmata/Toujene/Ksar Hadada/Chenini/Ksar Ouled Soltane/Tatouine .

-Departure from the hotel towards Medenine, visit of the famous Ksar of Medenine, an ancient collective granary, used as a backdrop for several

of Mos Espa in Episode I.

-In Matmata, discovery of a traditional earthen house, a unique architectural speciality of the region.

-Visit the mythical Sidi Idriss hotel, an emblematic filming location in the saga :

♣ the Lars family dining room.

♣ the main courtyard of the house .

The painted ceiling of the dining room was restored for the filming of episode II, 14 years after episode IV.

-Panoramic stop in a magnificent Berber village clinging to the mountain.

-Continuing on to Ksar Hadada, where you will visit the former granaries of the nomadic tribes, which have been transformed into the setting for the slave quarters in Ksar Hadada.

transformed into the setting for the slave quarter in episode I.

Lunch, followed by a guided tour of the Berber village of Chenini, with its rock-cut dwellings.

-Visit to Ksar Ouled Soltane, a fortified village transformed by George Lucas into the slave quarter of Tataouine.

In Episode I, young Anakin Skywalker is seen taking Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé amidala, Jar Jar Bink's

and C-3PO to shelter them from a sandstorm.

-Stop in Tataouine, and return to Djerba.