Chenini: troglodyte cave village in Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia تطاوين‎ شنيني‎🇹🇳

Today we visit Chenini, a village in the Tataouine Governorate of southern Tunisia. The mountaintop there features an abandoned ksar that the Dar Kenza team has converted into a troglodyte hotel. What a unique place to spend the night and watch the sunset!
If you would like to book a stay here, you can contact them via www.kenza-chenini.com/ or on Facebook: / kenza.chenini.tataouin...
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00​​​ - Intro
0:46 - Touring Room 1 (8 beds)
1:36 - Touring Room 3 (4 beds)
1:50 - Touring Room 4 (4 beds)
2:06 - Touring Room 5 (5 beds)
2:33 - What a sunset!
2:40 - Touring Room 6 (3 beds)
3:14 - Restaurant
3:39 - Mosque by night
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  • @ScafidiTravels
    @ScafidiTravels3 жыл бұрын

    This is a really unique hotel experience in Tunisia: staying in an ancient settlement in a cave up a mountain! There are so many great accommodation options like this one to discover across the country. Check out my playlist of some of the best hotels and Dars (Maison d'Hôtes) here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6uTu6msaZrPnZs.html

  • @Tenast_
    @Tenast_3 жыл бұрын

    Another great video mate. Thank you so much. Chenini is an Amazigh village. So proud of my heritage. ❤️♓️❤️♓️❤️♓️❤️♓️❤️♓️

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the support! I have a question for you regarding the term "Berber" vs the term "Amazigh". I hear a lot of people in Tunisia use the term Berber (especially when speaking in French) when referring to the indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa. Is this term out of date? Offensive? Is it more acceptable in one language than another?

  • @TuNiSiA-TaMaZiGhT

    @TuNiSiA-TaMaZiGhT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ScafidiTravels the word berber is greek word borrowed from ancient Egyptian Coptic language, the Greeks used this word to people who didn't speak their language or European language, and was referring it to bla bla bla or slurres..the word berber was used like that against Amazigh people native north Africans ..However we call ourselves Amazigh it means free people/man/woman. Now the Tunisians that use the word berber when speaking french are also using the word shelha for the language and shelha is what arabs call it , but we call it Tamazight, so you see some use berber because many people in Europen countires know this word and understand it because its used in movies like gladiators, in history books, magazines, ect ect .. but we are the Amazigh the free people ... the real Barbaric people where the ancient romans and ancient greeks not us ,, we where just stronger than them thats when the jealousy began.

  • @Tenast_

    @Tenast_

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ScafidiTravels Hi! Sorry for late reply. The word Berber is not out of date or offensive. The problem is that Tunisian and North African been told that they are Arabs. Which is not true. Growing up as a little kid and seeing my grand mother with the beautiful tattoos on her face, Arms and legs. So when i grow up i did dig deep to know we actually are. The word berber comes from the Greek word Barabaroi and means any one who does not speak Greek or Latin. The arabs had transformed the word into berber and so does the French and the rest of the world referring to us as Berber. But we would like to use the word Amazigh which means free and noble people. We have our own Callander. We start counting from 950 BC since the Amazigh King Shishung ruled Egypt. So on the 13 of January we celebrate Yennayer. This year is 2971

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this detail!

  • @jlassijlali290
    @jlassijlali2903 жыл бұрын

    i feel shame living in Gabes and didn't visit the place

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gabès is another beautiful part of the country. I will be releasing some videos from that area in a few weeks. Stay tuned!

  • @allaboutfishing007
    @allaboutfishing0072 жыл бұрын

    i love your videos, what camera do you use ?

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    2 жыл бұрын

    Panasonic DC-GH5 + 12-35mm Lumix G lens. Or more frequently a GoPro Hero 8 Black!

  • @inkyboi685
    @inkyboi6853 жыл бұрын

    nice village

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's great isn't it? Wait until you see Guermassa, which is truly abandoned (I will upload a video soon).

  • @Reeenald
    @Reeenald3 жыл бұрын

    Incredible ! :O

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, soon I will publish a video about nearby Guermessa, which is even more incredible!

  • @Tunisianbeauties
    @Tunisianbeauties3 жыл бұрын

    that place needs a hot air balloon festival

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    Definitely, what a great idea!

  • @mounirzag5135
    @mounirzag51353 жыл бұрын

    Écrivez en français c mieux vive la Tunisie vive le Maroc

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    Je suis ici en Tunisie pour ecrire un guide de voyage en anglais (pour Bradt Travel Guides), donc mes vidéos sont en anglais. Mais on peut parler de mon projet aussi en français (ou portugais ou italien)! www.bradtguides.com/

  • @Tunisianbeauties

    @Tunisianbeauties

    3 жыл бұрын

    french language is useless.. thanx

  • @ScafidiTravels

    @ScafidiTravels

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tunisianbeauties I note there are some very strong opinions on the use of the French language amongst many Tunisians!