Plan a trip to Iraq

Places to see in Iraq

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  UrUNESCO

  مدينة اور الاثرية

  Ruins · Dhi Qar Governorate

  Ur was a major Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  SamarraUNESCO

  مدينة سامراء

  City · Saladin Governorate

  Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. Due to the presence of Al-Askari Shrine, the city is considered a holy site in Shia Islam.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jim Gordon (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  BabylonUNESCO

  مدينة بابل

  Ruins · Babylon Governorate

  Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mohamm3dfadil (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Citadel of ErbilUNESCO

  قەڵای هەولێر

  Fort · Erbil Governorate

  The Citadel of Erbil, locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The citadel was added to the World Heritage List on 21 June 2014.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: jan kurdistani (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

• HatraUNESCO

  مملكة الحضر

  Ruins · Nineveh Governorate

  Hatra was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The ruins of the city lie 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 110 km (68 mi) southwest of Mosul.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Baghdad

  بغداد

  City · Baghdad Governorate

  Baghdad is the capital and the largest city of Iraq. It is located on the banks of the Tigris in central Iraq. With an estimated population of 8 million, it ranks among the most populous and largest cities in the Middle East and the Arab world and constitutes 22% of Iraq's population.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: USACE HQ , JIM GORDAN, CIV, USACE (Public domain). Map

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  Mosul

  الموصل

  City · Nineveh Governorate

  Mosul is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Puskechina (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Erbil

  ھەولێر

  City · Erbil Governorate

  Erbil, also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of the Erbil Governorate. Erbil is described as the region's cultural, economic, industrial, educational and medical hub.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jim Gordon (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Nineveh

  نينوى

  Ruins · Nineveh Governorate

  Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and potentially the wealthiest city in the ancient world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Fredarch (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Ctesiphon

  طيسفون

  Ruins · Baghdad Governorate

  Ctesiphon was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern bank of the Tigris, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) (22 mi) southeast of Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empires for over eight hundred years, in the Parthian and Sasanian periods.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Ctesiphon.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Ishtar Gate

  بوابة عشتار

  Heritage site · Babylon Governorate

  The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city wall of Babylon. It was constructed c. 569 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was part of a grand walled processional way leading into the city.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rictor Norton (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

  سجن أبو غريب

  Memorial · Baghdad Governorate

  During the early stages of the Iraq War, members of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: U.S. Government copyright (Public domain). Map