TROGLODYTE HOUSE

As you will see, the village of Bughilan contains many cave houses between the new houses (they can be seen even surprisingly well on the satellite map of the wikimapia website!), which often serves as pens for poultry when they are not simply abandoned. They were reportedly occupied until the 1980 s!

This large cave house has been beautifully decorated for sightseeing (there are even toilets outside). There is a large olive wood door, while the interior doors are in palm trees. In the vast entrance you can buy a few souvenirs (t-shirt souvenir, assiettes plates of Colonel Gaddafi). It was reduced to 10 m deep and would be more than 300 years old according to its owners. As usual, the pieces are divided around the square courtyard which was dug by a tank. Every room was decorated to understand how we lived there. Jars and other hanging pots come to decorate them. It housed eight families, each occupying a room, the beds being, in a typical way, a little raised in the bottom of the room. The families shared the kitchens. Notice a small sliding door in the courtyard: it was a basket where food was stored. Here, the cave houses hoch el-hafa and not damous as in Nalout, Yfren or Jadou are known.

After the visit, you should not miss sight of the panorama on the plain. It seems that in clear time we even see the large towers Sawari al-Imad in Tripoli!

It is possible to spend the night in the cave house, for 50 DL per person, evening meals and breakfast included. You can also take a meal if you order in advance (couscous, pasta or even bazin dishes, 20 DL per person)