3 Day Tour Baghdad, Babylon, Samarra

Day 1: Baghdad 

This evening your guide will pick you up from the airport and from here you will enjoy a welcome dinner before transferring to your hotel for the evening. 

Overnight in Baghdad 

Day 2: Babylon 

Today you will depart from Baghdad to Babylon. Here you will visit the Martyr Monument dedicated to Iraqi soldiers who died in 80’s Iraq- Iran war, Iraqis today generally consider it a commemoration of all the martyrs of Iraq.

Visit the ancient ruins of Babylon cradle of Mesopotamian civilization dated 18th - 6th BC, with the Hanging Gardens, that was supposed to be attached to the Palace of King Nebuchadnezzar. Appointed as Seven Wonders of Hellenic World, have a presence in various literature sources but its physical existence has never been proven 

Saddam Palace nowadays Museum, Perched on top of Babylon, as the palace was inspired by the Babylonian palace of King Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon Theater One of the most important Hellenistic monuments in the city of Babylon Specialists differ in determining the date of this building

Some of them say that Alexander the Great ordered the construction of the theatre, and some of them mention that Antiochus IV is the one who ordered it to be built for the Greek community to encourage them to hold sports. Despite the destruction of the external structure, the Directorate General of Antiquities excavated the foundations, and then the building was completed with modern bricks over the original plan. 

Overnight in Baghdad 

Day 3: Samarra

This morning around 9 am, check out from the Hotel and go to Samarra city.
Today, visit the Samarra spiral minaret One of the prominent distinctive Landmarks of Iraq because of its unique shape because of the ascending spiral conical design.
Depart back to Baghdad at noon arriving around 2:30 pm for lunch. 

After lunch, visit the Save the Iraqi cutler monument The monument is a broken and crumbling cylindrical stone column representing Iraqi culture, On his side, there is a group of hands and arms surrounding him as an expression of their attempt to support him so that he does not fall.

Included:

• Accommodation
• Airport pick up
• Private transportation 
• Private Guide
• Entry requirements
• Tours as listed
• Lunch and dinner

Excluded:

• Flights
• Visas
• Spiritual drinks or smoking shisha
• Dining inside hotels
• COVID related expenses including PCR tests if required)
• Cancellation, Medical, Travel Insurance