Kuwait Travel Guide

Flights to Kuwait take travellers to a country where mosques juxtapose 21st-century skyscrapers. Travel to Kuwait City to shop for spices and gold in maze-like souks and designer labels in glass-fronted malls. A ticket for Kuwait Towers affords 360° views from its revolving sphere. Enjoy dizzying perspectives of Kuwait's skyline from the 372m-high Liberation Tower and gaze upon the minarets and geometric mosaics of the Grand Mosque before visiting Sadu House for an insight into Bedouin crafts. Flights to Kuwait take visitors to Al-Jahra's mud-built Red Fort, oil-rich Al-Ahmadi and dhow-building Doha Village. A boat ticket to Kuwait's Failaka Island reveals temple ruins at an archaeological site dating from the Bronze Age. Scuba divers and sun-worshippers flock to Kubbar Island's coral reefs and sandy coves.

An airline ticket to Kuwait promises new culinary experiences. Try aromatic Bedouin dishes like machboos, mutton or chicken served with saffron and cardamom-spiced rice. Kuwait City serves world flavours from Indian biryanis to Japanese sushi. Seek out traditional tea houses to sip mint tea and smoke hookahs. KLM and partners have frequent flights to Kuwait. Book airline tickets to experience top events; from vibrant carnivals at February's month-long Hala Festival to the summer's deep-sea Pearl Diving Festival.