Dar Charaït Museum

Tozeur


The museum is housed is an extravagant reproduction of an old palace and contains collections of pottery, jewellery, costumes and other antiques, as well as an art gallery. Scattered throughout the rooms off the splendid main courtyard is a series of replicas of scenes from Tunisian life, past and present.

They include the bedroom of the last bey (provincial governor), a palace scene, a typical kitchen, a hammam, wedding scenes and a Bedouin tent.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tozeur attractions

1. Belvedere Rocks

0.26 MILES

A sandy track running south off the Rte Zone Touristique near the Dar Charaït Museum leads to the Belvedere Rocks. Steps have been cut into the highest…

2. Palmeraie

0.87 MILES

This enormous green space has more than 200,000 date palms, as well as fig and pomegranate trees and canopied garden holdings. It's best explored by foot,…

3. Chak Wak Park

1.17 MILES

This incongruous, trippy park is a testament to the vision of the former mayor of Tozeur. Scattered around gorgeous grounds is what amounts to a 3D…

4. Ouled El Hadef

1.39 MILES

This 14th-century medina has a unique, striking architecture of pale brickwork arranged in relief patterns of endless, rhythmic variation; the easiest way…

5. Ong Jemal

13.91 MILES

The name derives from an unusual rock formation, shaped, not surprisingly, like the neck and head of a camel, overlooking the barren plains. This was…

6. La Corbeille

14.1 MILES

La Corbeille (which translates as ‘the basket’), a deep, palm-filled gully that takes up much of the northern part of town and cuts the town in two, is…

7. Marabout of Sidi Brahim

14.45 MILES

The most important religious building in Nefta's El Bayadha district is the Zaouia of Sidi Brahim, where the Sufi saint (and descendant of the Prophet…

8. Marabout of Sidi Merzoug

15.63 MILES

Just outside Nefta, you'll find this shrine to Sidi Merzoug, an important Sufi saint. The followers of Sidi Merzoug, known colloquially as the Black…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "tunisia/southern-tunisia/tozeur/attractions/dar-charait-museum/a/poi-sig/1483931/355690",
      "destination": "Tozeur",
      "continent": "Africa",
      "country": "Tunisia",
      "city": "Tozeur",
      "position": "superzone"
    }