Ishtar Hotel
The Ishtar Hotel, formerly known as the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel & Casino is a luxury hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. It is located on Firdos Square in Karrada District, the main financial center of the city.Photo: Bobsmith040689, Public domain.
- Type: Hotel
- Description: building in Baghdad, Iraq
- Also known as: “Crystal Grand Hotel Ishtar” and “Ishtar Sheraton Hotel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palestine Hotel and 17th of Ramadan Mosque.
Palestine Hotel
Hotel
The Palestine Hotel, often referred to simply as The Palestine, is a 16-story luxury hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. Located on the Firdos Square near from Saadon, across from the Ishtar Hotel, the hotel overlooks the Tigris on its eastern bank and is located several hundred metres south of the Baghdad Hotel. Palestine Hotel is situated 150 metres north of Ishtar Hotel.
17th of Ramadan Mosque
Place of worship
Photo: Usamasaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 17th of Ramadan Mosque is a mosque in al-Rusafa, Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque is situated in the eastern Karrada district, opposite al-Firdos Square, in front of the Ishtar Hotel. 17th of Ramadan Mosque is situated 280 metres east of Ishtar Hotel.
Mier Taweig Synagogue
Synagogue
Meir Taweig Synagogue, also known as Meir Tweg Synagogue or Me'ir Avraham Taweq Synagogue, is a large synagogue, located in the historic Jewish quarter of Bataween, in Baghdad, Iraq. Mier Taweig Synagogue is situated 1 km north of Ishtar Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karrada and Bab Al-Sharqi.
Karrada
Suburb
Karrada is an affluent district in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It covers a large area, divided into western and eastern side by the Tigris. An upper-class district, it is well-known for luxurious hotels, shopping centers and corporate headquarters.
Bab Al-Sharqi
Suburb
Bab Al-Sharqi is a neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding Bab Al-Sharqi market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.
Baghdad
Photo: Marduksumer, Public domain.
Baghdad is the capital and largest city of Iraq, with an estimated population of 6-7 million. Once one of the greatest centres of learning and culture in the world, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Ishtar Hotel
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.31393° or 33° 18′ 50″ northLongitude
44.41906° or 44° 25′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8H568C79+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 919686818OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelWikidata ID
Q4118594
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Ishtar Hotel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فندق عشتار”
- Central Kurdish: “ھۆتێل عەشتار”
- French: “Ishtar Sheraton Hotel”
- Persian: “هتل عشتار”
- Spanish: “Ishtar Sheraton”
- Spanish: “Sheraton Ishtar”
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