-Samarra
Visit the Malawiya minaret, it was built in the Abbasid era and was considered the largest mosque in the world at the time.
-Babylon
where the Hanging Gardens was located, we will take a tour in the ruins of the Babylonian Empire dating back to 2300 BC.
-Saddam Hussien's biggest palace
We will explore and having lunch in the palace on the highest plateau with it's wonderful view facing the ruins of Babylon.
-Karbala and Najaf
Visit the holy shrines
From Baghdad - Babylon - Karbala - Najaf - Uruk - Nassiriyah - Samaraa.
Iraqi Kurdistan grants a visa on arrival to most European countries in addition to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, and others.
For southern Iraq, a new visa-on-arrival regime was announced for citizens of the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Russia, China, Japan and South Korea. If you are not from one of these countries, we will apply for a visa on your behalf. An “e-visa” invitation letter is issued and you can receive it electronically and bring it with you to the airport to get the stamp in the passport.
- Iraq National Museum the oldest museum in the middle east after Egyptian museum in 1926. It contains treasures from all eras of Mesopotamia.
- Martyr’s Monument dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war. The Monument was opened in 1983.
- Visit Taq Qasra, the last remnants of the Persian Empire when they occupied Baghdad two thousand years ago, and it contains the largest arch built of bricks in the world.
- We will go to the Liberation Square monument in Tahrir Square, which commemorates the establishment of the Republic of Iraq.
- Dinner, over in Baghdad
Driving to Babylon, taking a tour of the ruins of the Babylonian Empire dating back to 2300 BC, we will see the location of the Hanging Gardens, which is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
-Exploring Saddam's biggest palace on the highest plateau with its wonderful view facing the ruins of Babylon, having lunch in Hilla city.
-Driving to Karbala, check in the hotel and having an evening tour of the shrine of Imam Hussein and his brother Abbas, which is one of the holiest religious places for Muslims.
-Dinner, overnight in Karbala.
- Drive to Najaf and go to Kufa Mosque, which is the second mosque built in Islam.
- Go to see Wadi Salam cemetery from the top of a garage which the largest cemetery in the world that contains a trace of 7 million graves inside it.
- Going to Imam Ali shrine.
- Dinner, overnight in Najaf.
- Start by going to Uruk which is considered the first civilized city in history 4000 BC, and we take a picture with the sign that indicates that the first writing was created in Uruk.
- Keep going nourth to Nassiriyah city, go to visit Ziggurat of Ur and House of the Prophet Abraham.
- Overnight in Nassiriyah.
- Driving to Mesopotamia marshland, we will take a boat ride through the maze of waterways and visit local villages that live in the same reed houses. Lunch will be very special. Masgouf fish, which has been cooked in the Sumerian style for more than 6 thousand years on a wood fire in a very special way.
- Head to Al Qurnah, where the two famous rivers meet, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the Adam’s Tree, which locals believe resembles the tree of Adam’s father.
-Drive to Basra, dinner and overnight in Barsa.
_ Start by going to Basra Cultural Museum, which is one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Basra.
- Go to Old Basra and enjoy the old “Shanashil” design of the houses and the water canals in the streets, and go to Al-Hassoun Museum.
- Heading to Basra Corniche and take a boat tour on the Shatt al-Arab, passing Saddam's destroyed yacht.
- Drive back to Baghdad, having dinner, overnight in Baghdad.
- Baghdad sightseeing - Al Rashid street, Mutanabbi Street which is the most famous street in Iraq for book, is full of life, music, and the Baghdadi atmosphere, sipping the Iraqi tea in the oldest cafe in Iraq -Al-Shabandar Café.
- After a delicious local lunch, we will visit the Save Iraqi Culture Monument.
-We will drive to Samarra and visit the Malawiya minaret, one of the most important tourist attractions in Iraq. It was built in the Abbasid era and was considered the largest mosque in the world at that time,
- Dinner, overnight in Baghdad.
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