The nearest airport Kuwait Intl (IATA: KWI) is about 30 km away.
Best things to see in it
1. Grand Mosque (Kuwait)
The Grand Mosque is the largest and the official mosque in the country of Kuwait. Its area spans Шаблон: Convert, out of which the building itself covers Шаблон: Convert. The main prayer hall is Шаблон: Convert wide on all sides, has 21 teakwood doors, and has lighting provided by 144 windows. The dome of the mosque is Шаблон: Convert in diameter and Шаблон: Convert high, and is decorated with the Asma al-hosna, the 99 names of God. The mosque can accommodate up to 10, 000 men in the main prayer hal…
2. Kuwait Telecommunications Tower
The Liberation Tower is the tallest structure in Kuwait. Construction of the tower commenced before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. It was meant to be called The Kuwait Telecommunications Tower.
3. Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait
Holy Family Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Kuwait City, dedicated in 1961. The church contains a statue of Our Lady of Arabia, a smaller replica of the 1949 cedar statue enshrined at the Catholic church in Ahmadi, Kuwait.
4. Kuwait Towers
The Kuwait Towers are a group of three slender towers in Kuwait City, standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf. They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers (33 store water; one stores equipment), and were built in a style considerably different from the other five groups. The Kuwait Towers were officially inaugurated in March 1979 and are regarded as a landmark and symbol of modern Kuwait. The towers were closed for maintenance from March 201…
5. Green Island (Kuwait)
The Green Island is an artificial island in Kuwait, off the coast of Kuwait City's promenade. It was opened in 1988 and is a popular tourist attraction and it is the first artificial island in the Persian Gulf region.
6. Kuwait Water Towers
The Kuwait Water Towers are a prominent group of 31 water towers in Kuwait City, completed in 1976.
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