Southern route: the cradle of civilization
From Baghdad to the marshes, 7 days. A day-by-day plan with the places for each day.
Day 1: Baghdad: the Iraq Museum, then the Aqar Quf ziggurat
Day 2: Taq Kasra and Salman al-Farsi’s shrine, then Babylon; overnight in Hilla
Day 3: Kish and Borsippa, then al-Kifl
Day 4: Shuruppak and Nippur, then Uruk and Lake Sawa; overnight in Samawah
Day 5: Larsa, then Ur, Tell al-Ubaid and Eridu; overnight in Nasiriyah
Day 6: A boat trip through the Chibayish marshes, then Basra: the Shatt al-Arab, shanasheel and museum
Day 7: Maysan: the Tomb of Ezra and the Hawizeh Marsh, then Kut on the way back to Baghdad
Other itineraries
- Historic Baghdad on footThree days in Rusafa and Karkh · 3 days
- Northern route: the Assyrian capitalsFrom Erbil to Baghdad · 6 days
- Mountain route: Kurdistan and KirkukFrom Erbil to Kirkuk · 10 days
- Route of churches and monasteriesFrom Baghdad to Alqosh · 6 days
- Route of shrines and holy placesFrom Baghdad to Najaf · 5 days
- Diyala and the upper EuphratesTrips out of Baghdad · 3 days
- The Karbala desertA day trip from Karbala · 1 day