Tozeur - The Town

Tozeur is famous for its brick architecture, exuberantly patterned in a variety of geometric designs formed from local kiln-fired clay or mud bricks measuring 25 by 10 by 4cm (10 by 4 by 1.5 inches). This "Tozeur style" is found also in neighboring towns such as Nefta. The division of the town into an old town (the Medina) and a new town is not so marked as in other Tunisian towns, since the buildings in the new town, apart from the large hotels, are mostly brick-built in the traditional style. Theold town (Oued Hadef) lies to the south of the Gafsa and Kebili roads and to the east of Avenue Habib Bourguiba and the market square, Place Ibn Chabbat.