Najaf is one of the highlights of Iraq. One of the main sights there is shrine of Ali with a golden dome that can be seen from 40 km. For more tombs, head for Wadi es Salaam, a big graveyard with 'streets', winding through the countless brick and cement tombs, some modest, some the size of small mosque-shrines. This is one of the largest cemeteries in the world.
Finally you might want to visit the al Yazdi Medresa, a Coranic school with seventy rooms, immensely deep cellars and brick-lined wells that plummet down some one hundred feet. Young divines with beards, cropped hair, skullcaps or turbans, sit about, read, or wash their faces, feet and arms before praying, many of them come from Afghanistan or Iran.
Much of Najaf's heritage was badly damaged during the rule of Saddam Hussein, with a highway being driven through the middle of the Wādī'u s-Salām.
Flights to Najaf with Viking Hellas
Al Najaf International Airport is located on the eastern side of the city. Formerly a military airbase, the facility consists of one asphalt runway 3,000 metres long and 70 metres wide. The airport is expanding to provide four departure gates, two arrival gates and immigration and passenger services.Viking Hellas is operating direct flights to Najaf from Ahens in Greece. Flights to Najaf are run by re run by A320 aircraft.
