Iraq » Top Things To Do
Top Things To Do
• Savour the sounds and smells as you wander the bazaars of the towns and cities.
• Make a pilgrimage to Kerbala - one of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites, with two revered mosques it is also one of the greatest pilgrimage centres in the Islamic world.
• Visit another sacred city for Shiites - Najaf. Find the mosque with the sacred tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib - founder of the Shiites.
• Explore the marshes - an area between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Here it is sometimes possible to see sarifas (Marsh Arab dwellings) and many species of waterbirds.
• Visit Basra, once called the Venice of the East, thanks to its canals lined with elegant 19th-century houses.
• Walk around the maze of narrow streets in Mosul, from where muslin cotton originates.
• Go to one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world - Arbil, whose beginnings trace back over 10,000 years.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
Note: In the aftermath of the 2003 war, there may be damage to any of the above sites and buildings. Lootings led to the disappearance of many of the archaeological treasures and manuscripts from Iraq’s museums. At present, travellers are not advised to visit Iraq due to its highly dangerous security situation.
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