One day in Al Hillah, Iraq

A day through Al Hillah’s best-known sights that lie close together: Babylon, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Esagila, Etemenanki, Euphrates Tunnel and Lion of Babylon. 6 stops, about 4 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. BabylonArchaeological site · On the map
  2. Hanging Gardens of BabylonGarden · 1.4 km on from Babylon · On the map
  3. EsagilaTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Hanging Gardens of Babylon · On the map
  4. EtemenankiArchaeological site · 0.3 km on from Esagila · On the map
  5. Euphrates TunnelBridge · 0.5 km on from Etemenanki · On the map
  6. Lion of BabylonStatue · 1.1 km on from Euphrates Tunnel · On the map

6 stops, 23 km on foot along the streets: about 4 h 35 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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