Tozeur

Tozeur is an oasis and a city in south west Tunisia. The city is located North West of Chott el-Djerid, in between this Chott and the smaller Chott el-Gharsa. It is the capital of the Tozeur Governorate.

With hundreds of thousands of palm trees, Tozeur is a large oasis. The dates that are exported from Tozeur are very well known. In ancient times, before the advent of motorized vehicles, the oasis was important for the transportation through the Sahara, which took place in caravans. The name of the city in antiquity was Tusuros, it was an important Roman outpost.

In the medina (old city) of Tozeur, one can find traditional architecture, fashion and workmanship. Like elsewhere in Tunisia, the local population is generally very hospitable towards tourists, and there are also many tourist facilities. From Tozeur one can make trips on a camel, explore the Sahara Desert and get to know the Chott el-Djerid, where one can see Fata Morgana mirages.

Featuring an oasis of 421,000 date palms, which is its main asset, the city of Tozeur offers ideal conditions for tourism. Its mild, dry climate, outside of the summer and splendid oasis attracting more and more visitors.

Its history dates back to the third millennium BC Tozeur was successively Numidian Christians under the Roman Empire and finally Arab Muslim.

City Touzer known since ancient Carthaginian. This is the Thuzuros old. In the Middle Ages, the economic prosperity of the city of Touzer hit the Arab geographers. El Bakri said: "come out of Touzer thousand camels loaded with the best fruits of the country.