The great waterfall
And a palm-fringed pool.
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Tunisia's largest mountain oasis, known to the Romans as Ad Turres, set in rugged hills near the Algerian border and six kilometres from Mides. It is famous for its large waterfall and the clear springs that water its gardens and palms. The great waterfall drops between rocks into a pool fringed with palms, with small cafés around it where visitors rest. The scene is a surprise in this dry land, and at its best after the rainy season. On the edge of the valley stands old Tamerza, a mud-and-stone village its people abandoned after the river flooded for twenty-two days in 1969, moving to the new village. From a distance its empty houses and domes look like a town out of a tale. It is visited with Chebika and Mides on one tour from Tozeur. The waterfall is usually free, though you may pay a little for parking or a drink at the cafés.
And a palm-fringed pool.
Abandoned since 1969.
Fed by springs.
Tamerza, about 70 km north-west of Tozeur, near the Algerian border
Because the river flooded for twenty-two days in 1969, and the people moved to the new village.