diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 4cbd0908bee..238eb0226ea 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -15,17 +15,15 @@ help:
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile examples tutorials
+%: Makefile examples
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
 examples:
-	mkdir user-guide/examples
-
-tutorials:
-	mkdir user-guide/tutorials
+	mkdir -p user-guide/examples
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf api
+	rm -rf user-guide/examples
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index de105472b71..b01ffcd1ee0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -144,16 +144,24 @@ def setup(app):
 ]
 
 # Sphinx gallery config
+from sphinx_gallery.sorting import ExplicitOrder, FileNameSortKey
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {
     "examples_dirs": [
         "../examples/examples",
-        "../examples/tutorials",
     ],  # path to your example scripts
     "gallery_dirs": [
         "user-guide/examples",
-        "user-guide/tutorials",
     ],  # path to where to save gallery generated output
-    "nested_sections": True,
+    'subsection_order': ExplicitOrder(
+        [
+            '../examples/examples/algorithms',
+            '../examples/examples/core',
+            '../examples/examples/visualization',
+            '../examples/examples/tutorials'
+        ]
+    ),
+    "within_subsection_order": FileNameSortKey,
+    "nested_sections": False,
     "copyfile_regex": r"index.rst|.*\.png|.*\.json",
     "filename_pattern": r".*\.py",
     "promote_jupyter_magic": True,
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/index.rst b/docs/user-guide/index.rst
index 853408d8363..7b738f5c583 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/index.rst
+++ b/docs/user-guide/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ User Guide
    getting-started
    tools
    data_models/index
-   tutorials/index
    examples/index
    FAQ
diff --git a/examples/examples/index.rst b/examples/examples/index.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 18496722bf3..00000000000
--- a/examples/examples/index.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Examples gallery
-================
-
-The examples gallery provides an overview of different ctapipe modules and how to use them.
-
-.. toctree::
-    visualization/index
-    algorithms/index
-    core/index
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/README.txt b/examples/examples/tutorials/README.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/README.txt
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/README.rst
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/calibrated_data_exploration.py b/examples/examples/tutorials/calibrated_data_exploration.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/calibrated_data_exploration.py
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/calibrated_data_exploration.py
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/coordinates_example.py b/examples/examples/tutorials/coordinates_example.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/coordinates_example.py
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/coordinates_example.py
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/ctapipe_handson.py b/examples/examples/tutorials/ctapipe_handson.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/ctapipe_handson.py
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/ctapipe_handson.py
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/ctapipe_overview.py b/examples/examples/tutorials/ctapipe_overview.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/ctapipe_overview.py
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/ctapipe_overview.py
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/ground_frame.png b/examples/examples/tutorials/ground_frame.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/ground_frame.png
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/ground_frame.png
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/raw_data_exploration.py b/examples/examples/tutorials/raw_data_exploration.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/raw_data_exploration.py
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/raw_data_exploration.py
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/theta_square.py b/examples/examples/tutorials/theta_square.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/theta_square.py
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/theta_square.py
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/tilted_ground_frame.png b/examples/examples/tutorials/tilted_ground_frame.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/tutorials/tilted_ground_frame.png
rename to examples/examples/tutorials/tilted_ground_frame.png