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Six years after the opening of the HI hotel in Nice, Philippe Chapelet and Patrick Elouarghi invite you in Nefta, south of Tunisia, for new experience. They once again chose the designer matali crasset to conceive and create the project. DARHI is the fruit of this collaboration, a contemporary accommodation between guest house and charm hotel, at the frontier of the desert and close to the city.

A trip there is all about initiation, discovery. It allows to be isolated, to take care of your body and mind, as well as exchanging and opening one’s self to the other in an exceptional natural and human environment.

DAR HI’s layout is one of a village in harmony with Nefta’s landscape. Surrounded by a wall like all local architectures, DAR HI follows the landscape’s shape and emerges from the ground.

DAR HI is not accessible by car so you will arrive on foot and once you are welcomed in you will take off your shoes and will be wearing local Tunisian slippers called babouches, your journey may begin...

Your wellbeing at DAR HI: massages, hammam, essential oils baths in the HI body and soul SPA, organic food and products served in a contemporary, ecological and sustainable surrounding created by matali crasset.

DAR HI is located in the historic centre of Nefta town, south of Tunisia at the frontier of the desert between Chott El Jerid and dunes of sand.

Nefta is famous for its location in a natural geological site and also for the thousands of palm trees with dates that are appreciated worldwide: the Deglet Nour dates.
The architecture of the houses is typical with walls made of whole bricks that have a distinctive ochre colour. Roofs and house doors are made of palm wood.
It is not surprising that this particular location has inspired a large number of movie directors, for example: Star Wars and the English Patient were filmed in the Nefta desert.
The number of inhabitants hasn’t increased for the last century and amounts to 22000 people.

The site facing South and West has an exceptional view upon the oasis, the village and the dry salted lake Chott El Djerid known for its mysterious and amazing sunsets.

Everything is conceived to enhance Nefta’s charm. DARHI is a protective haven, a retreat from the world’s hassle but also open to local life, landscape, natural rhythm.

Dar HI offer you the opportunity of acquiring a pilotis.

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DAR HI is a guest house dedicated to well being to your body and mind.
A spiritual thalassotherapy.

Like the Hi hotel, DAR HI follows an ecological approach. From the beginning the construction site was lead respecting the environment and in collaboration with the local craftsmen using only local materials for the furniture, decoration, insulation.

DAR HI was developed in harmony with local life and its natural environment. It will also contribute to the preservation of Nefta’s oasis.

Ecology and fair trade are the foundations of Dar HI:

• The water is provided by a hot natural source that comes from the desert and that supplies the hammam as well as the swimming pool with hot water using geothermal energy.
• This hot water source also irrigates the oasis.
• In order to respect the environment, paint was replaced by construction lime from Théla using natural colorings.
• Food is provided by the organic vegetable garden that is within the oasis (no fertilizers are used).
• DAR HI’s project has no imported materials and only uses local products for example the palm tree wood.