Salwá
Worth seeing in and around Salwá
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gulf University for Science and Technology
Gulf University for Science & Technology is the first private university established in Kuwait. It has a dual-enrollment agreement with the University of Missouri–St.
3.2 km · university · Wikipedia - 02Australian University, Kuwait
The Australian University is a private university in Kuwait, located in Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber. It offers diploma and bachelor's degree programs in engineering, business, aviation, and maritime studies, and operates under the oversight of Kuwait's Private Universities Council.
3.5 km · Private university in Kuwait · Wikipedia
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Getting to Salwá
- Airports
- Kuwait (KWI), 13 km · Abadan Ayatollah Jami (ABD), 120 km · Basra (BSR), 145 km
- Abadan → Salwá118 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · $19–26
- Basra → Salwá136 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · $14–19
- Qaisumah → Salwá219 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · SAR75–100
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No local-transport research exists yet for Salwá
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Salwá. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inScheduled ferries to and from Iran are handled by Kuwait-Iran Shipping Company, phone +965 2410498, fax +965 2429508.
- Get inThe ferries go three times a week from Ash Shuwayk in Kuwait to Bushehr in Iran.
- Get inSpeedboats also go between Ash Shuwayk and Manama in Bahrain.
- Get aroundExpect to pay KD 2-3 for the shared taxi with 3-4 other passengers.
- Get aroundKD 10 for a small two door Japanese made car, 4WD and American made sports cars may cost around KD 25.
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Next door to Salwá
Salwá is 24 km from Al Aḩmadī, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.