Route of shrines and holy places
From Baghdad to Najaf, 5 days. A day-by-day plan with the places for each day.
Day 1: Baghdad: Kadhimiya, Abu Hanifa and the Gilani shrine
Day 2: Samarra: the Askari Shrine, the spiral minaret, Abu Dulaf and Qasr al-Ashiq
Day 3: Karbala: the shrines of Imam Hussein and al-Abbas
Day 4: Najaf and Wadi al-Salam, then the Kufa and Sahla mosques
Day 5: Al-Kifl on the way to Hilla
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
- 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
- Diyala and the upper EuphratesTrips out of Baghdad · 3 days
- The Karbala desertA day trip from Karbala · 1 day