During our "autocale", in the south of Tunisia, one of the required points for visiting was chosen a region of staying Berber. This nationality has long been inhabited by the Southern Territories of the country, the most comfortable for living these people chose the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. It is here that the mountain ground was perfect in order to create entire systems of houses with dozens of residential rooms and utility rooms under Earth.
Route to the Berber Houses region is quite simple. It is only necessary to follow the road signs, and the smooth canvas of the road will lead travelers to the land, where the landscapes are surprised around at least local residents. At the entrance to the city on the hill, you can notice a huge inscription "Matmata", a little above them is an impressive observable area. There should be necessary to climb. As soon as our car turned to a small parking lot at the lifting at the site, a mopedist "materialized" immediately was "materialized" and began to persuade us to acquire a fun tour of Berber homes. I must say that the obsession and the desire to make money on tourists 3 mid-monthly salaries make from some local residents to travelers. Since we already treat sophisticated tourists, we did not succumb to his persuasion. We were thinking in advance the route in the matmat, maps and articles of other travelers to us help us! Excursion, realizing that in our case, in our case, not limited to, moved to the offensive and stated that we were simply not allowed in the "historical part of the Matmata", where and the most interesting thing ... If we talk, then his 20 minutes of obsessive service ended By the fact that we simply stop reacting him, he became boring and he left.
We went to the city in several Berber houses, where minimal symbolic fees in 3-4 dinars take for mini-excursions from tourists. We visited several viewing platforms a bit above the city. There are stunning panoramas. In the evening, in the evening they decided to have a snack and went to one of the local cafes, where they met the French family. They also traveled independently, but were more trustful than we. So for a tour of the already familiar to us "Guide" they paid 200 euros! By local standards there are huge money. At the same time they saw the artificially created Berber houses outside the city and very stingy information about the life of people in such conditions.
We concluded that the independent inspection of the city is much more productive and cheaper. And if you really want to see an artificial Berber house, for this you do not need a guide. Just book the night in one of the locals. Almost half of hotels in Matmatat are built in the style of Berber villages with all the associated features.