We drive two hours from Tataouine to the Matmata hills. The air is cooler, the olive harvest is starting, and we settle into a cave room in Old Matmata while sorting residence papers in the new town.

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Episode 78 of Tunisia Travel Podcast with Rania Ben Salah. Rania Ben Salah is in Matmata, Tunisia.

Places in this episode: Matmata Ancienne, Matmata Nouvelle, Hôtel Sidi Driss, Dar Ayed, Café Restaurant La Princesse, MATMATA RESTAURANT LES TROGLODYTES, Jebel Dahar, Chott el Fejaj.

Covered: Matmata relocation, troglodyte architecture, residence bureaucracy, local economy and inflation, olive harvest season, travel logistics in south Tunisia.

Chapters:
00:00 Gabès
02:19 Tamezret
04:17 Hôtel Sidi Driss
06:40 MATMATA RESTAURANT LES TROGLODYTES

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