Northern route: the Assyrian capitals
From Erbil to Baghdad, 6 days. A day-by-day plan with the places for each day.
Day 1: Erbil: the citadel and its old bazaar
Day 2: Old Mosul: al-Nuri and Bash Tapia, then Nineveh
Day 3: Khorsabad and Mar Mattai, then Qaraqosh and Mar Behnam
Day 4: Alqosh: Rabban Hormizd and Nahum’s tomb, then Lalish
Day 5: Nimrud, then Hatra
Day 6: Ashur, then Samarra on the way to Baghdad
Other itineraries
- Southern route: the cradle of civilizationFrom Baghdad to the marshes · 7 days
- Historic Baghdad on footThree days in Rusafa and Karkh · 3 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