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Trust me it is a unique experience! Tunisia is the place where many movies were filmed besides Star Wars, actors like Angelina Jolie or Elisabeth Taylor enjoyed spending their time there. A beautiful country with warm and friendly people.There are many SW locations at least 7-8 of them hundreds of km's away one from another. There are from OT and from PT. 
Can't wait to visit Tunisia again next year and maybe to go to Sidi Driss Hotel to see the Lars homestead. It is in Matmata village where lots of troglodytes houses are, and it is in perfect condition, tourists from every corner of the world come to see this.
Or to visit the Ajim village on Djerba island (Ben Kenobi's house), Ksar Hadada/Medenine where the Slave quarters ere in TPM (excellent condition), Chott el Jerid where general Rommel had his tanks pass this salt lake and where the beautiful desert roses are made by nature and where Luke is watching the 2 suns set.
Besides the Star Wars stuff there are tons of other things to visit in Tunisia: bazaars, wonderful European/Arabian architecture, museums, Carthage ruins, Roman ruins (the El Jem Coliseum is older than the one in Rome Italy by 200 years, and in much better condition), Mediterranean beaches, wonderful palm tree oasis and the mighty desert.
Tunisia is one of the safest Arabian/African countries. You should stick with the common tourist routes and will not have any problems. I've seen hundreds of foreign tourists from all over the world there: Italians (we had a nice couple in our hotel), Germans (a family of 4 in our hotel too), Dutch, Polish, Hungarian (we went together in the south with the Hungarians), Australians (a tall guy with a great sense of humor at the Mehari hotel with his wife and daughters), Japanese, Koreans etc. One of my neighbors also left yesterday for Hammamet Tunisia, she saw my photo album last year and she and her husband were so impressed that they decided to go this year. I can't wait to go again next year.
People are very warm and friendly, they are not fundamentalists, no interest in terrorism or so. They live from tourism and small commerce with leather products, olive oil and traditional handicraft products. On Djerba island there is a Jewish community for hundreds of years and there were never problems in this Muslim country. It is a very modern and civilized country, great roads, excellent hotels and services. You'll see lot of modern influences: French, Arabian, African.
Can't wait to visit Tunisia again next year and maybe to go to Sidi Driss Hotel to see the Lars homestead. It is in Matmata village where lots of troglodytes houses are, and it is in perfect condition, tourists from every corner of the world come to see this.
Or to visit the Ajim village on Djerba island (Ben Kenobi's house), Ksar Hadada/Medenine where the Slave quarters ere in TPM (excellent condition), Chott el Jerid where general Rommel had his tanks pass this salt lake and where the beautiful desert roses are made by nature and where Luke is watching the 2 suns set.
Besides the Star Wars stuff there are tons of other things to visit in Tunisia: bazaars, wonderful European/Arabian architecture, museums, Carthage ruins, Roman ruins (the El Jem Coliseum is older than the one in Rome Italy by 200 years, and in much better condition), Mediterranean beaches, wonderful palm tree oasis and the mighty desert.
Tunisia is one of the safest Arabian/African countries. You should stick with the common tourist routes and will not have any problems. I've seen hundreds of foreign tourists from all over the world there: Italians (we had a nice couple in our hotel), Germans (a family of 4 in our hotel too), Dutch, Polish, Hungarian (we went together in the south with the Hungarians), Australians (a tall guy with a great sense of humor at the Mehari hotel with his wife and daughters), Japanese, Koreans etc. One of my neighbors also left yesterday for Hammamet Tunisia, she saw my photo album last year and she and her husband were so impressed that they decided to go this year. I can't wait to go again next year.
People are very warm and friendly, they are not fundamentalists, no interest in terrorism or so. They live from tourism and small commerce with leather products, olive oil and traditional handicraft products. On Djerba island there is a Jewish community for hundreds of years and there were never problems in this Muslim country. It is a very modern and civilized country, great roads, excellent hotels and services. You'll see lot of modern influences: French, Arabian, African.
