A country · 21 places · 4 regions

Kuwait, all of it.

21 curated places across 4 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Kuwait Towers · via Wikimedia Commons

Kuwait reads below in 4 chapters — Kuwait City, Al Jahra Governorate, Capital Governorate and Hawalli — in any order you like.

Chapter I · Kuwait City · 9 places

Kuwait City

Three slender towers rising from a promontory on Kuwait City's corniche, the Kuwait Towers were inaugurated in 1979 and have become the internationally recognised symbol of the country. The tallest reaches 187 metres and contains a revolving observation deck and restaurant; its distinctive globe-shaped water storage tank clad in teal-blue ceramic discs is visible from across the bay. The promontory setting between the open Gulf and the city's urban waterfront makes the towers a natural focal point for photography of the coastline.

Kuwait Towers

Kuwait City, Kuwait

✦ October to April · $$

Grand Mosque of Kuwait

Kuwait City, Kuwait

✦ October to April

Grand Mosque, Kuwait

Kuwait City, Kuwait

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Chapter II · Al Jahra Governorate · 2 places

Al Jahra Governorate

A historic town west of Kuwait City, site of the Red Fort that figured in a decisive early-twentieth-century battle. Nearby salt marshes and pools draw large numbers of migratory birds.

✦ November to March

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Chapter III · Capital Governorate · 2 places

Capital Governorate

An island in Kuwait Bay approximately 20 kilometres from the mainland, Failaka was continuously inhabited from the Bronze Age Dilmun civilisation through the Hellenistic period — when Alexander the Great established a garrison here — to the mid-twentieth century. The Hellenistic temple precinct and Bronze Age settlement mounds have been partially excavated. The island was evacuated during the 1990 Iraqi invasion and many of its twentieth-century structures remain abandoned, creating a distinctive ghost-town landscape alongside the ancient archaeological sites.

Failaka Island

Capital Governorate, Kuwait

✦ October to April

Grand Mosque, Kuwait City

Capital Governorate, Kuwait

✦ November to March

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Chapter IV · Hawalli · 1 place

Hawalli

The Al Adiliyah Mosque is a well-known neighbourhood mosque in Kuwait City, distinguished by a decorative style that blends traditional Islamic and contemporary Kuwaiti elements. Rebuilt in the modern era, it centres on a domed prayer hall accompanied by a slender minaret, with tiled surfaces and calligraphic bands adorning the facade. Serving the surrounding residential district, it is used for daily and Friday prayers as well as community gatherings. Its refined ornament and familiar silhouette make it a recognisable presence in the capital.

✦ November–March

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