Coming soon Our travel services — trip planning, tours and bookings — are not available yet. We are launching soon.

The Kuwait City skyline at sunset

Destinations

Kuwait, region by region

From the capital on Kuwait Bay to the lagoons of the south and the quiet north across the causeway.

Di7ane · CC BY-SA 4.0

The capital

Kuwait City

The capital curves around Kuwait Bay: the Kuwait Towers on their headland, the old souqs and the Grand Mosque at its heart, and a new cultural district of museums and an opera house along the Gulf.

  • Capital (Al Asimah)
  • About 16 km, 20–30 minutes by car
  • 2–3 days
Explore Kuwait City · 18 places in this guide

Seafront & museums

Salmiya & Hawalli

East of the capital, Salmiya is Kuwait’s busiest seafront: beaches, cafés and the Marina along Arabian Gulf Street, the Scientific Center’s aquarium and, inland, some of the country’s most rewarding small museums.

  • Hawalli
  • About 12 km east along Arabian Gulf Street
  • To Failaka from Ras Al-Ardh
Explore Salmiya & Hawalli · 4 places in this guide

Island of ancient history

Failaka Island

Twenty kilometres off the coast, Failaka has been settled for more than four thousand years — by Dilmun traders, by Alexander the Great’s successors and by an early Christian community — and makes Kuwait’s most rewarding day trip.

  • Ferry from Ras Al-Ardh, Salmiya
  • About 20 km off Kuwait City
  • A full day
Explore Failaka Island · 1 place in this guide

Oil heritage & fish markets

Ahmadi & Fahaheel

South of the capital, the garden town of Ahmadi was founded in 1946 for the oil industry; its exhibition tells how oil changed Kuwait. On the coast, Fahaheel has a working fish market and a waterfront mall.

  • Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer
  • About 35–40 km south
  • Oil history, seafood, local life
Explore Ahmadi & Fahaheel · 3 places in this guide

The causeway & wild coast

Subiya & the north

Since 2019 the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway has carried drivers 36 km across Kuwait Bay to Subiya, opening up the quiet north: mudflats rich in birdlife, desert reserves and Bubiyan, Kuwait’s largest island.

  • Jahra
  • 36.14 km main link, opened 2019
  • Scenic drives, birdwatching
Explore Subiya & the north · 1 place in this guide