Iraq Tour 11 Days -10 Nights

DAY 1: Baghdad

Arrive at Baghdad airport and check in at the hotel

DAY 2: Baghdad

City tour in Baghdad

-Visit the National Museum

-Visit the Martyr's Monument

-Then walk through the Martyrs Bridge to Almotanabi Street, Al-Shabandar Café.

-Visit Al-Mustansiriya School.

Overnight in Al Taj hotel

DAY 3: Samarra

Visit Samarra, north of Baghdad

-The Abbasid Palace (Qasr al-Khalifa)

-The spiral lighthouse (Malwiya Tower)

Then back to Baghdad …Overnight in Al Taj hotel

DAY 4: Babylon and Karbala

Travel to Salman pak Visit Taq Kasra.

-Visit the ancient city of Babylon (Ishtar Gate)

-Visit Saddam’s Palace

-Then heading to the city of Karbala

-Visit the shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother Imam Al-Abbas.

Then transfer to Kufa and Najaf..

Overnight in Najaf hotel.

DAY 5: Najaf and Kufa

City tour in Kufa and Najaf visit Islamic places.

-Visit the Wadi al-Salam cemetery

-Go to Kufa and visit the shrine of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

-Visit the central Bazaar and the Great Mosque of Kufa.

Overnight in Najaf hotel.

DAY 6: Nasriya and UR

Early in the morning head to the south towards the ancient city of Ur

-Visit the greatest Sumerian Ziggurat in the whole country (UR)

Transfer to Nasirya

DAY 7: Mesopotamian Marshes

Transfer to Marshlands the Mesopotamian Marshes.

DAY 8: Basrah

Full-day city tour in Basra and its vast plethora of historical and

Cultural Sights:

- Shatt-al-Arab Corniche, Old Town, Central Souq.

- History Museum,

- Saddam’s Palace and Central Railway Station.

Overnight in Basra hotel.

DAY 9: Mosul

City tour in Mosul and most famous places.

DAY 10: Erbil

Full-Day Erbil City Tour:

-Old citadel

-Jalil Khayat Mosque.

-The Christian neighborhood of Ankawa and the local bazaar.

DAY 11: Farwell to Kurdistan

Last day in Erbil transfer to the airport.