Mountain route: Kurdistan and Kirkuk
From Erbil to Kirkuk, 10 days. A day-by-day plan with the places for each day.
Day 1: Erbil: the Qaysari bazaar, Textile Museum, Mudhafaria Minaret and Sami Abdulrahman Park, then Shaqlawa
Day 2: Rawanduz: the Hamilton Road, Gali Ali Beg, Bekhal and Mount Korek
Day 3: Choman and Mount Halgurd
Day 4: Akre, then Shanidar Cave in the Bradost mountains
Day 5: Amedi on its plateau
Day 6: Zakho and the Delal Bridge, then the Maltai reliefs and Duhok Dam lake
Day 7: Khinis and the Jerwan aqueduct
Day 8: Sulaymaniyah: its museum, Amna Suraka and the Grand Mosque, sunset on Goizha, then Lake Dukan
Day 9: Halabja and its monument, then Tawela in Hawraman, Ahmed Awa and Lake Darbandikhan
Day 10: Kirkuk Citadel, the Qishla and Baba Gurgur, then Jarmo near Chamchamal
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- Southern route: the cradle of civilizationFrom Baghdad to the marshes · 7 days
- Historic Baghdad on footThree days in Rusafa and Karkh · 3 days
- Northern route: the Assyrian capitalsFrom Erbil to Baghdad · 6 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