Kuwait Towers
The Kuwait Towers are a group of three thin towers in Kuwait City, standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf.
They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers, and were built in a style considerably different from the other five groups. The Kuwait Towers were officially inaugurated in March 1979 and are regarded as a landmark and symbol of modern Kuwait. The towers were closed for maintenance from March 2012 to 8 March 2016, with a massive fireworks festival commemorating the re-opening. Kuwait Towers facility is operated and managed by the state-owned Touristic Enterprises Company. The Main Tower served as the venue for TEDxKuwaitCity event in 2018 and 2019.
Getting around Kuwait Towers the local way
- 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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Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ralf Roletschek (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.