Travel video guide
Things to Do in Babylon Governorate: All 4 Spots + Addresses
This guide turns The Forgotten Iraq - Nobody Visits This Largest Ancient City - Babylon 🇮🇶 (4300 years old) from Davud Akhundzada into a practical travel map with 4 saved spots around Hillah, Mahawil, and Nazlet El-Semman. The mapped places include a historical landmark and a historical place. Use it to understand the places and trip context before saving the map in Varedelo.
What the creator captured
Davud Akhundzada expressed a mix of awe and sadness while exploring the 4,000-year-old ruins of Babylon, noting that 90% of the site remains unexcavated due to decades of conflict. He was particularly struck by the fact that the original Ishtar Gate is housed in a Berlin museum rather than in Iraq. Despite the lack of tourism infrastructure, he found the experience of walking on original ancient asphalt streets to be deeply moving.
What this map is good for
- Planning a historical landmark stop or short itinerary in Hillah.
- Seeing where the mapped places sit together before choosing what to visit first.
- Saving 4 mapped spots into Varedelo so the list stays usable on the ground.
- Using the original video as context, then turning it into a clean place-by-place map.
Featured spots on this map
- Ishtar Gate
Historical Landmark in GCRF+JHG, Hillah, Babylon Governorate, Iraq, Hillah, Babylon Governorate, Iraq - Petra
Historical Place in Jordan, Petra District, Ma'an Governorate - The Great Pyramid of Giza
Historical Landmark in Al Haram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Haram, Giza Governorate 3512201, Egypt, Nazlet El-Semman, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Hours: Hours available - Remains of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Historical Landmark in GCVC+J54, Mahawil, Babylon Governorate, Iraq, Mahawil, Babylon Governorate, Iraq
Hours: Hours available
Experiences captured
- Hired a taxi from Karbala to Babylon
- Purchased a ticket for 25,000 Iraqi Dinars
- Walked through the Ishtar Gate replica
- Visited the Babylon City Museum
- Viewed ancient maps and artifacts
- Explored walls rebuilt during Saddam Hussein's era
- Walked on the original 4,000-year-old asphalt street
- Hired a local English-speaking guide named Haider
Official tourism resource
The official government body managing Iraq's national heritage sites and museums, including the archaeological inspectorate for Hillah and ancient Babylon.
Planning questions
What are the best spots in Babylon Governorate from this video?
This guide maps all 4 spots featured in the video, with names, addresses, and neighborhoods, so you can plan your trip to Babylon Governorate.
Can I save these spots to use on my trip?
Yes. Open the map in Varedelo to save every spot, get directions, and revisit the guide from your phone while you travel.
Use it on your trip
Save this travel map before you go
Keep the mapped spots, creator context, food notes, and planning details together. Varedelo turns the page into a phone-friendly map you can revisit when you are choosing where to go.