🇦🇫 Afghanistan
10 best places in Kabul
Kabul sits in a mountain-ringed basin nearly 1,800 metres up in the Hindu Kush — an ancient Silk Road city where Mughal gardens meet bustling bazaars and millennia of layered history.
Bagh-e Babur
A 16th-century terraced Mughal garden holding Emperor Babur's tomb, with hillside views over the city.
National Museum of Afghanistan
Home to the Bactrian gold hoard and Buddhist artefacts that survived decades of war and looting.
Darul Aman Palace
An early-20th-century neoclassical palace, recently restored after nearly a century of ruin.
Id Gah Mosque
One of Kabul's oldest and largest mosques, the focal point of the city's Friday prayers.
Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque
A blue-and-white minareted mosque built in a style echoing early-20th-century European architecture.
Chicken Street
A historic shopping street famed since the 1960s for carpets, lapis lazuli, and antiques.
Mandawi Bazaar
The old city's main wholesale market — spices, dried fruit, and constant haggling.
Tepe Maranjan Hill
A viewpoint above the city near Kabul University, popular with locals at sunset.
Kabul Zoo
The country's oldest zoo, a resilient symbol of city life through decades of upheaval.
Sufi Restaurant
A well-known Afghan restaurant serving pilau and kebabs in a traditional setting.
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