Tourism in the Kurdistan Region

About the most important places
Places outside the cities
Cities
Security and stability
Flights
Roads
Coins
Mail and Shipping Services
National holidays

About the most important places

The distance between the cities

Distance from Erbil to Sulaymaniyah, 170 kilometers, about three hours by car
Distance from Erbil to Dohuk, 245 kilometers, about three hours by car
Distance from Dohuk to Sulaimaniya, 340 km, about five hours drive
Erbil and its environs

Erbil Citadel: dating back to about 6000 BC, and the original form of the breadth of the city limits. Erbil is one of the oldest cities, which are still populated over time in the world.
Martyr Sami Abdul Rahman Park: It is my great park built on the land of a military base of the old Baathist regime.
Pazara Kayseri: It is one of the old traditional markets in the city of Erbil to sell household goods, foodstuffs, textiles and goldsmithing ancient heritage goods and souvenirs.
Beacon Sheikh چola: Located on the west side of the city and is the second archaeological teacher after Erbil Citadel was built in the reign of Sultan Muzaffar religion, dating back to the beginning of the Islamic era and is located at the center of a park where the lighthouse has recently been expanding.
Khanzad Castle: This castle is situated on the road to Arbil Shaqlawa, and away from the city of Arbil, about 22 km, and dates back to the era of the emirate of Soran, while the Kurdistan ruled by a number of UAE.
Captain Boya shrine: This shrine is located on the hump in Mount Sven takes him about an hour to reach on foot, one of the holy places for Christians and Muslims, which is a cave containing two tablespoons. Dating back to the fourth century AD.
Shaqlawa Resort: Located just 51 kilometers from the city center of Erbil. And is one of the tourist places to spend the weekend and Basoagah known for fresh food products.
Waterfall گla Ali Bey: Ali is entirely your waterfall about 130 km from the city of Erbil and Tangier center of the beautiful tourist destinations.
Waterfall Bejal: is approximately 140 kilometers from the city center of Erbil, which is another small tourism resort.
Bank Resort: It consists of a number of tourist facilities such as villas and tourist park and the city for the Games and is characterized by idyllic mountain scenery.
Ski resort at the foot of Mount Snow in Cork and Cork Tlverak: is the first resort to this kind of the Winter Games, where the modern needs in the mountains of Kurdistan.
Dohuk and its environs

Mar Wyeth Allagha Church: This church is located west of the city of Dohuk near the presidency of the University of Dohuk and is considered one of the oldest churches in the Kurdistan Region and dating back to the year 500 AD.
Amedee: located 90 kilometers north-east of the city center and Dhcz dating back to the era of the Assyrians, and later became the Emirate. Amedee town located on a plateau with an area of ​​two kilometers and is surrounded by many mountains and valleys.
Amedee Castle is located to the east of the city.
Sulaymaniyah and its environs

Sulaimaniya Museum: Located on Salem Street Sulaimaniyah city center, the museum includes many archaeological monuments and sculptures dating back to the ancient times experienced by the region, and is considered one of the largest and richest museums in the region.
National Museum (Red Security) constructed this building in the eighties of the last century to be Sulaimaniyah security department, and was one of the special places for the torture and killing of many political prisoners at the hands of the henchmen of the former Iraqi regime, and tells of torture methods practiced by the system and the campaigns of the genocide of the Kurds Iraqis.
Dukan Lake Resort: Located lake Lee 70 kilometers north-west of the city of Sulaymaniyah, and is distinct from the tourist resorts in the region thanks to the presence of Lake Dukan, where the beautiful and scenic nature and where many of the hotels, restaurants and tourist homes.
Dberndakhan Dam: Located just 65 kilometers southeast of the city of Sulaymaniyah and includes many of the recreational facilities, restaurants, and tourist cabins hotels.
Ahmed Awa resort: just 75 miles to the east of the city of Sulaymaniyah, this resort is located amid a series of towering mountains, and is one of the beautiful tourist facilities.

Rural areas

The Kurdistan Region of model areas for amateur beauty and picturesque mountains full of ancient archaeological sites and nature, and during the hot summer season can be for locals and tourists enjoy the cold weather in the hills overlooking the Kurdistan Region resorts.

The town of Shaqlawa within 51 km from the capital of Arbil, at the foot of Mount Sven rise 200 meters. The famous Shaqlawa Bkromha and orchids, and the food market and many restaurants and hotels, and the stunning natural scenery, and is a holistic waterfall Ali Bey Falls Bejal and water sources in Two Beautiful landscape where many of the resorts and places for a summer.

Strait and is located entirely on your on the road between Hamilton International Khlaifan and Soran. Strait, a rocky isolated from the world, the tourist does not see the expanse of the sky only stretch longitudinally. At the end of this strait come Raondosalta town was the capital of the emirate of Soran up to the nineteenth century. And tourists can stay in the tourist cottages (chalets), or in the Bank resort, where there are at this resort many games and enjoy horseback riding, in addition to enjoying the magic of mountain landscapes.

In Haji Omran, where the highest peak in the protoplasm of Kurdistan, and the advantage eyes fresh water, as well as the eye of tourists metal water used for therapeutic purposes, as well as the scenic nature of the area where the maximum summer temperatures do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

And 70 km from Sulaimaniya, near lakes and Derbandikhan Dukan, there are many tourist homes constructed for holidaymakers, and can spend the most beautiful times in swimming and boating. In the Ahmed Awa resort east of the city of Sulaymaniyah, there are many fresh water springs and waterfalls surrounding walnut trees and pomegranates, figs, which attract holidaymakers to rest in the shade of these trees.

In the province of Dohuk there Solaڤ resort, where many of the restaurants in the outdoors overlooking the interface ancient town Amedee, where this town is located on a plateau area of ​​kilometers, and was Amedee home to Muslims, Christians and Jews over the centuries lived a peaceful coexistence and overlooking Amedee many valleys and surrounded high mountains.


Cities

There are in the cities of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah Museum contains a collection of artifacts and statues dating back to the historic bygone eras, while Dohuk National Museum displays more than 2,000 artifacts dating back to the Stone Age, as well as a museum of folk heritage.

Inside the ancient citadel of Erbil there is a museum of local Kurdish weaving, the furnishings and other textile products display, and the museum also displays knitting and weaving arts maintained by ancient tribes.

The Arbil Castle beautiful view overlooking the city, and in Erbil there Akhrellathar Museum. چola beacon is located near the city center, was built in the era of Sultan Muzaffar religion and wrote down Kufic script. In Erbil there Sami Abdul Rahman park built on a vast area of ​​land of 800 acres, and is one of the typical places to rest and spend time in quiet and a lovely atmosphere and the many Alotafl, restaurants and two artificial lakes games.

Sulaimaniya, the cultural capital of the Kurdistan Region, where the old market crowded with a large market Goldsmith Center for games. In the Park (Parque Azadi) the kids can play in the playground specially prepared for the games with the children and the presence of artificial lakes. As well as a public park in the city center and the memorials to a number of poets and writers of the city.

Was selected Arbil, the capital of Arab tourism in 2014 by the Arab Tourism Authority. Erbil is planning to host more than 40 different and effective activities during 2014, ranging from skydiving, skiing and marathon, to Kurdish cultural and folk arts. The cities experiencing the Kurdistan Region's three main growing rapidly. And, behold, many modern shopping malls for visitors who want to go to cafes that offer Internet services and search for famous international brands.


The security of the region

The security situation in the region is quite different from the rest of Iraq, the official of the province Guards (Peshmerga) have been trained well and have experience in the provision of security and stability in the province of Kurdistan. There is full coordination between the security forces and the Peshmerga forces in the protection and defense of the region and to address any risk. As a step to take security measures and ensure the maintenance of the level of stability and security in the Kurdistan Region has developed a number of checkpoints at the borders and the outskirts of towns and entrances.


Flights to the Kurdistan Region

There in the Kurdistan Region two international airports, two of Erbil International Airport and Sulaimaniyah International Airport. There is a project for the establishment of another international airport in Duhok. Most direct flights from European countries and the Middle East to the Kurdistan Region are without landing in Baghdad. And many of the aircraft began international air carriers (IATA), flights to the Kurdistan Region, and there are a lot of expected to start flights to the region in the future companies. Began many airlines Bastajar aircraft for flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. For more information about airports in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, you can visit the following sites:

Erbil International Airport
Sulaymaniyah International Airport

Road to the Kurdistan Region

Possible access road to the Kurdistan Region through Turkey routinely. The proposed road is to travel and go to the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, and then take a domestic flight for two hours to Diyarbakir. Here it should be noted, that the Turkish visa can be obtained for a mere access to Istanbul airport. In Diyarbakir, you can hire a taxi down to Ibrahim Khalil / Khabur border crossing, the Turkish border with Kurdistan region, many of the drivers who made ​​the trip frequently. Here are advised to be agreed in advance to pay ranging $ 150 price guide, preferably as verification of possession of a license, which allows him to carry passengers across the border. Because of the time needed to make the trip, it is advisable to start out early in the morning when the land, or even the signature of the night in Diyarbakir in case necessary. After crossing the border at Ibrahim Khalil, a taxi can be taken towards another destination in the Kurdistan Region. Approximate time allocated for a flight from Diyarbakir to the border is a four-hour, then an hour and a half from the border to Dohuk; Erbil to four hours and six hours to Sulaymaniyah. There are other ways, including through Iran and Syria, but it is not considered a destination by many travelers.


Coins

The local currency is the Iraqi dinar. The US dollar is also used on a large scale. Exchange rates as of March 10, 2014 as follows:
US $ 1 = 1.162 dinars
1 euro = 1.612 dinars
1 British pound = 1.942 dinars


Postal service and shipping

International letters and parcels can be sent via regular to and from the territory of Kurdistan mail, but the arrival of e-longer than usual, due to the introduction of postal codes in the newly Kurdistan region. It is important to write the mobile phone number of the recipient on the mail or expulsion casing. The post office is located in Erbil near the castle, next to the old courthouse. For air mail to and from the Kurdistan Region are available in the region FedEx Services, DHL and TNT, who also provide air freight services to and from Kurdistan, please contact them for more details
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