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Baghdad & Babylon
A weekend. One day for Baghdad's museum and old streets, one for the walls of Babylon and the lion that has stood over them, uncatalogued, for two and a half thousand years.
Heritage & cities · Gentle pace · from $480
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Here are 15 classic itineraries for your reference. These itineraries are based on actual trips we’ve taken with our clients. Currently, there are no set departure dates. If you have specific travel dates in mind, please let us know so we can create a customized itinerary for your trip to Iraq.
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Baghdad & Samarra
Baghdad's core paired with Samarra in two days — the National Museum's Sumerian rooms, the booksellers of Al-Mutanabbi Street, tea at the Shabandar, then the spiral Malwiya minaret climbed by an outer ramp. A short tour with long stretches of driving.
Heritage & cities · Gentle pace · from $490
2
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Basra & the Marshes
Basra · Nasiriyah & the Marshes
A day in the marshes with the families who live there — a reed house, a canoe, lunch on a floating island — and a day in Basra among the Ottoman balconies and the boats on the Shatt al-Arab.
Marshes & nature · Gentle pace · from $520
3
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Baghdad in Three Days
Three unhurried days in one city: the museum, the booksellers' street, the Abbasid rooms, the ziggurat at the edge of town, and an afternoon of tea where the poets used to sit.
Heritage & cities · Gentle pace · from $690
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Baghdad & Samarra in Three Days
Two days in Baghdad and one north in Samarra, sleeping in the same city each night: the museum, the booksellers' street, the Abbasid rooms, and the Malwiya's spiral minaret — the largest ruins in the country, without the long southern drives.
Heritage & cities · Gentle pace · from $700
3
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Samarra, Babylon & Baghdad
Three capitals in three days — Abbasid Samarra with its spiral minaret, Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon, and Baghdad in between. Long drives, early starts, and three of the largest ruins in the country.
Heritage & cities · Steady pace · from $720
4
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Kurdistan in Four Days
The northern route, and the greenest. Four days from the Erbil Citadel through Lalish, the Yazidi holy valley you enter barefoot, up to Amedi on its mesa, out to Shanidar Cave where a Neanderthal was buried among pollen. Mountains, not desert.
Kurdistan · Steady pace · from $820
5
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The Shrine Cities
Najaf, Kadhimiya and Karbala, at the pace pilgrims actually keep. Five days of courtyards, Friday prayers, and the largest cemetery on earth — open to travelers of any faith or none.
Shrines & pilgrimage · Gentle pace · from $980
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Kurdistan in Six Days
The mountains, and what happened in them. Erbil's citadel, Sulaymaniyah's museums, the Halabja memorial, a Neanderthal cave, and the Hamilton Road through Rawanduz.
Kurdistan · Active pace · from $1,180
7
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Baghdad to Basra
Baghdad · Samarra · Babylon · Karbala · Najaf · Nasiriyah & the Marshes · Basra
The length of the country in a week, following the rivers south: Baghdad, Samarra's spiral, Babylon, the shrine cities, the marshes, and out at Basra where the two rivers finish.
Grand tour · Steady pace · from $1,490
8
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Basra to Baghdad
Basra · Nasiriyah & the Marshes · Najaf · Karbala · Babylon · Baghdad · Samarra
Eight days south to north, beginning where the two rivers finish below Basra and ending in front of the Warka Vase in Baghdad: the Gulf, the marshes, Ur, the shrine cities, Babylon, and Samarra's spiral.
Grand tour · Steady pace · from $1,620
9
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Basra to Erbil in Nine Days
Basra · Nasiriyah & the Marshes · Najaf · Karbala · Babylon · Baghdad · Samarra · Mosul · Erbil
The whole length of the country in one line, south to north: the date palms and tidal rivers of Basra, the marsh reed-houses near Chibayish, Ur and Babylon, Baghdad, then Hatra and Mosul's rubble before the Kurdish citadel at Erbil.
Grand tour · Steady pace · from $1,790
10
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Baghdad to Basra in Ten Days
Baghdad · Samarra · Mosul · Babylon · Karbala · Najaf · Nasiriyah & the Marshes · Basra
The week-long southern run with the north added first — Samarra's spiral, Mosul's rebuilt old city, and the Parthian columns at Hatra — before you turn and follow the rivers down through Babylon, the shrine cities and the marshes to Basra.
Grand tour · Active pace · from $1,980
12
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Basra to Erbil in Twelve Days
Basra · Nasiriyah & the Marshes · Najaf · Karbala · Babylon · Baghdad · Samarra · Mosul · Sulaymaniyah · Erbil
Bottom to top in twelve days, three fewer than our long crossing: the Gulf at Basra, the marshes, Ur and Uruk, the shrine cities, Babylon, Baghdad, Samarra, Mosul and Hatra, then over the mountains to Halabja and out at Erbil.
Grand tour · Active pace · from $2,350
15
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Basra to Erbil — the whole country
Basra · Nasiriyah & the Marshes · Najaf · Karbala · Babylon · Baghdad · Samarra · Mosul · Sulaymaniyah · Erbil
Two weeks, bottom to top: the Gulf, the marshes, Ur, the shrine cities, Babylon, Baghdad, Samarra, Mosul and Hatra, and out through the Kurdish mountains at Erbil.
Grand tour · Active pace · Price on request
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