Most locals will know that you need to go via Dukan, so they’ll point you to the right vehicle. They leave when full which is quite regularly throughout the day. Shared taxis and minivans leave from the General Bus Station or otherwise known as Baghdad Terminal in Sulaymaniyah for Erbil. The better option is to take the Khalkan-Dukan Road. Kirkuk is still not entirely safe and it is under control of the Iraqi government which means you need an Iraq visa to use the road. The quicker option takes the road that goes close to Kirkuk and unfortunately, it is not possible to take this route as a foreigner. If you’re coming from Sulaymaniyah, the second largest city in Kurdistan, then there are two road options. If you’re travelling around Iraqi Kurdistan, then Erbil is easily connected to most places by taxi and shared minivan. It has regular flights to Europe, Asia and other destinations in the Middle East. Read more: Privacy PolicyĮrbil is home to Erbil International Airport, which is the main airport in Iraqi Kurdistan. By doing so, I can keep this blog going and continue to create helpful guides for you. Here’s my guide to Erbil, for any tourists hoping to visit Iraqi Kurdistan.ĭisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means I get a commission if you buy a product through my link at no extra cost to you. While there might not be as many things to do as in Sulaymaniyah, I definitely suggest allowing a couple of days to soak up this incredibly fascinating place and its friendly locals. It was a really incredible city to be in and I could have stayed longer to just walk the bazaar one more time and sit in the central square one last evening.Įveryone who visits Iraqi Kurdistan comes to spend at least a day in Erbil.
I met market vendors who wanted their photo taken, I was interviewed by local UN staff for a film project, I had a conversation with a college student for his English assignment, I was bought water and chai and coffee and I had young girls ask for a selfie. I met so many people who just wanted to come and talk to me. The square and bazaar around the citadel were always buzzing with activity but at around sunset the place really came to life. The central citadel has been continuously lived in for 7000 years, and is now a built up, manmade hill jutting out of the city centre, as one generation after another have built and rebuilt the city after foreign invasions. Erbil is Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world.
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