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Circuit des Ksour, Hilltop villages & Ksar Gilane

September 20th 2004
A ksar (plural: ksour) is a kind of a fortified village. The main priority was to preserve and protect the grain crops produced in good seasons. Typical ksour in the Maghreb contains fortified granaries, bath, oven, shops,... Most of them have one continuous wall, also used for protection. On our trip through Tunisia, we visited lots of them. We also saw some hilltop villages. They were built u ... read more

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Kurt

Kurt de Gante

Hello everybody, I'm Kurt, nearly 40 years old and living in Belgium. I always wanted to see the world and explore other countries. Until now I've done a few -rather small- journeys. But to my feeling there are still a lot to places to explore ;-) I'm the kind of traveller that has done a different kind of trips: in group, alone, with some friends, with my wife (and kids), multiple day trekking in the mountains, city-trips, cultural trips, lazy vacations, ... For the moment, my kids are too young to take them far abroad. That's why -in 2011- I decided to write down some of my travel-e... full info

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