"Bazar", Hotels and Parks in Hawler

"Bazar" is an eastern term used to refer to Market, nations from Pakistan, India to the Arabian countries, passing through Persia and Kurdistan are suing this term very widely.



The bazaar in Kurdistan contains a broad range of hand-made materials produced by the regional natives, which shows the Kurdish Folklore, in addition to the typical foods, along side the foreign products.

Generally speaking, Markets are very interested in Hawler city. At the city center, near the Hawler Castle, there is a place called "Qaysari", this is a great place for shopping, it contains about thousand shops selling different kinds of goods, from whatever you want; shoes, clothes for different ages and sexes, fabrics, make-up, foods; local and foreign foods, even folkloric manufactures and gold sellers.

Of course this is not only Markets here in Hawler, we have too many other markets, like: Iskan St. Markets which will be open till 1:00 am, Tayrawa Shopping centers, Koran Shopping centers, beside so many supermarkets and malls which have been opened since 2003, including: Kok Supermarket, New City Shopping Center, Modern City Mall, Naza Mall, and many others, to name but few.

Muthafariya Markets, they are located in the Muthafariya Qr., opposite to the Governorate Building, the majority of the shops in this market are specialized in selling computers and IT technologies, including spare parts and accessories. Beside a leading Model Cloth Shops "Al-Sultan Market", they are really leading in this field, but their goods are very expensive.


The most crowded St. at night will be Iskan St with all the markets on both sides of the street, it's a short street, but very popular and crowded, the shops and markets will be open till late night, 1:00 am.

Iskan Street located in Iskan Qr. and connects the 30m St. to the 60m Street, everything available there, from clothes to foods.

There is also a very nice small garden, nearly in the middle of the St., "Brusik Garden", having two sides, one for families.

This is a picture of Khanzad Hotel, Five Stared Hotel, Situated on Erbil - Salahaddin Highway, composed of 6 Stories, 96 Rooms, Modern Luxury Hotel; Constructed Parallel to Khanzad Mountain; Wide Attached Areas Surrounded by Forests; Offering Various Services to Tourists. Watching over Rural Areas, Valleys & Mountains; About 15 km off Erbil City Center.

The Khanzad Hotel is built atop a hill some five kilometers from Shaqlawa. Its location is symbolic of its aspiration to represent the highest standards of service and hotelerie in the Kurdistan Region.

Build just before 2003 and once the American "invaded" Iraq become the official place for them, and by this the owner made a huge benefits.

This is a simple picture of "Martyr Sami Abdur-Rahman Park", made by the KRG, at first named "Hawler Park" but after the deadly explosions which targeted both Headquarters of the PUK and PDK, they changed the name to this name.

The park is situated on 60-m St, opposite to Kurdistan Parliament Building. It is beautiful, integrated and of tourist peculiarity.

I've heard too many times, that it's a largest park in all over the middle east, but I never read about it, so I don't know it's or not, but to be honest, it's very big, in a way you may be miss in it if you don't know it well.

It includes a swimming pool, statues, restaurants, and they added car parking garage lately.

Beside that recently the made a very big hall just between the Garage and the main Park, for the international shows, for example the last international book show and the Italian show, held there.

I have too many recent pictures of this great place, will upload them soon, so check it up... :)