Tozeur - Bled el Hader

Just before the Hotel Continental a track branches off Avenue Abou el Kacem ech Chabbi and runs south to the little hamlet of Bled el Hader, which is believed to occupy the site of ancient Thusuros. In the center of the village is the mosque of Sidi Bou Ali. Of this five-aisled 11th century mosque there now remain only the ruin of a fine minaret and the mihrab of 1193, now incorporated in the new prayer hall adjoining. In the cemetery to the right of the minaret is the marabout (tomb) of Ibn Chabbat, creator of Tozeur's water distribution system. At the end of the village is an old zaouia, now occupied as a dwelling-house. There are also numbers of old houses with handsome brick facades in traditional style.