Tozeur - Old Town

(Local Name: Ouled Hadef) The old town of Tozeur (Ouled Hadef) lies between the Gafsa-Nefta road, Avenue Habib Bourguiba and Rue des Jardins. It is a maze of narrow and irregular lanes and handsome old houses with decorative brick facades in traditional style. The geometric patterns of the house- fronts are similar to the designs of many Berber carpets. Frequently the upper floors of the houses, borne in round-headed arches, extend over the street to touch the houses on the other side, forming tunnel-like passages which provide shelter from the sun.