Qasr al Ashiq Walk
Qasr al Ashiq Walk
0.6 km
Total Distance
6 m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A walk to Qasr al Ashiq, a restored Abbasid palace of the ninth century on a platform west of Samarra. Its brick walls and blind arcades rise from the desert above the Tigris valley. A striking and lonely relic of the caliphs.