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| Kuwait city Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Aqua Park (View From One of the Kuwait Towers) Aqua Park (View From One of the Kuwait Towers) Alexei Naumov Kuwait City is the capital of Kuwait. Although it goes back a long time in history, the present day city is very modern. Kuwait City is a bustling metropolis of high-rise office buildings, luxury hotels, wide boulevards and well-tended parks and gardens. Its seaport is used by oil tankers, cargo ships and many pleasure craft. Its most dominant landmark is Kuwait Towers, and its oldest is Seif Palace, built in 1896, whose interior features original Islamic mosaic tilework, though these suffered badly during the Iraqi occupation. The Kuwait Museum was also stripped of many artefacts – part of it has been renovated and is now open to the public. Rebuilding work has still not begun on the Islamic Museum, which was badly hit during the war. __________Sights Edit This Kuwait Towers (Night) Kuwait Towers (Night) Alexei Naumov [Add Sight] Kuwait Zoological Garden Edit This Located in Omariya, the meticusly landscapped zoological garden was reopened on February 18, 1993 after two years of massive reconstruction and restocking. A delight to both adults and children, this place is not only for watching the animals, but is a center for education, preservation and propagation. Endangered species native to Kuwait are being breed here. The education center offers everyone the chance to study first-hand not only exotic animals from around the world, but also species that were once native to Kuwait fifty years ago. The research center tries to find the best more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] lion's gate Edit This The first wall around the City was built in the 1760s, the second in 1814, and the last in 1920. This was demolished in 1957 but its five gates were left standing as monuments to the past. These are Maqsab Gate ( by the Seif down from the Sheraton Hotel) Jahra Gate (inside the roundabout at the bottom of Fahd Al-Salem Street), Shamiya Gate (at the start of Riyadh Street), Beraisi Gate (at the end of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Street), and Bneid Al-Qar Gate (in Bneid Al-Qar), in the green belt between Soor Street and the 1st Ring Road. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Kuwait Towers Edit This The Kuwait Towers have become the most famous landmark in the country. These three unique towers have a dual function as both entertainment facilities and water reservoirs. The upper sphere of the main tower has a revolving observation deck with a cafeteria that gives the visitor a full panoramic view of Kuwait City and the Arabian Gulf every half hour. The top half of the lower sphere houses three excellent restaurants, while the bottom section is a one million gallon water resevoir. The globe on the middle tower is used only as a water reservoir with one million gallon more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] National Museum Edit This i Located near the National Assembly on the Seif, the National Museum comprises four buildings and planetarium. It houses the As-Sabah collection of Islamic Art, one of the most comprehensive in the world. Other buildings house pearl-diving relics, ethnographical artefacts and archaeological material from excavations on Failaka Island. type: Fountains and statues World66 rating: [rate it] Sadhu House Edit This Located near the National Museum on the Seif, Sadu House (the House of Weaving ) is a fine example of a pre-oil era house. It exhibits Bedouin camel bags and decorations, tent dividers, carpets and cushions. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Bayt Al-Badr Edit This An old house located next to As-Sadu house, Bayt Al-Badr was built between 1838 and 1848 with a good example of the famous front doors of old Kuwait, exhibitions of local handicrafts are sometimes displayed there. There are several other old pre-oil houses along the Seif which have been renovated and preserved including the old British Political Agency building opposite the Dhow Harbour. In the area just inland in Sharq there are several interesting broken down old houses awaiting preservation. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] openingHours: eryr ___________Nightlife and Entertainment Edit This photo Here are a few places to spend your night in. Contributors January 10, 2006 change by giorgio [Add Entertainment place] "Dolls" Club Edit This photo A new club called "Dolls" - the first and only of its kind - is opening in Kuwait City in about a month. The lack of alcoholic drinks in the country will not affect by any means the visitors' entertainment since the staff is specially selected to meet the extreme need for nightlife in the city of Kuwait. The "Dolls"'s interior and the colors are realized in provocative-futuristic style - almost geometrical lines and glitters of red, grey and metal. In this surrounding atmosphere the names of the drinks sound even more exotic even more when served by the European ladies-staff more.. type: Clubs and dancing World66 rating: [rate it] __________Things to do Edit This Aqua Park (View From One of the Kuwait Towers) Aqua Park (View From One of the Kuwait Towers) Alexei Naumov [Add Activity] Aqua Park Edit This Aqua Park is just the place you would wanna go to. It is located next to the beautiful Kuwait Towers. It is a water village with different kinds of slides lovely view of beaches. Also it has a variety of resturants and it is located in the best place ever. If you wanna enjoy Kuwait go there. type: Swimming World66 rating: [rate it] zipcode: - email: fth08@hotmail.com address: Kuwait City url: - tel: - Entertainment City Edit This Roller Coaster Roller Coaster photo by: Alexei Naumov This is Kuwait's answer to Disneyland. Located 12 miles north of Kuwait City, it offers more than 40 rides, games and shows with three different themes: Arab World, International World and Future World. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] cottage grove Edit This If you would like to cool off on a hot summer day, the ice skating rinks are where to go. The first in the Gulf and the Middle East, the two rinks provide year round winter sports. The main building has an olympic-sized rink with seating capacity for 1,600. Kuwait's ice hockey team, the Kuwait Falcons, use this rink for their competiton games. The smaller rink that seats 600 can easily be covered for parties and other entertainment. Skating lessons are given by a Swedish figure skating troupe who also perform for the public. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] |
