Despite being an oil rich Arab country, Kuwait did never feature high as an ideal vacation spot for most of the travellers. Almost destroyed during the Gulf War, the country's main tourist attractions are ruins, desert scenery, mosques, souks, traditional Arab and Islamic culture. The Kuwait city of high-rise office buildings, wide boulevards, parks and gardens with its most famous landmark "Kuwait Towers" is the most visited attraction. There are other several good attractions like the Tariq Rajab Museum,, Sadu Museum and the Grand Mosque. Shopping is fun in the Souk Sharp Complex, an extensive centre near the waterfront in Kuwait City. Try some of the local delicacies like hummus, falafel and foul at the food stalls.
Language: Arabic, English
Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
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- Kuwait City - sights include National Museum - important collections of Islamic art in the world.
- Failaka Island - main archaeological site with temple as the centrepiece.
- Al-Ahmadi - Built to house Kuwait's oil industry, also has a small, pleasant public garden that's worth a visit.
- Al-Jahra - west of Kuwait City, the only conventional site is the Red Fort, a low rectangular mud structure near the highway. Also the site of the Gulf War's infamous 'turkey shoot' - the Allied destruction of a stalled Iraqi convoy as it attempted to retreat from Kuwait.
- Doha Village - site of several small dhow-building yards and a fishing village of squalid shacks
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