Travel Reference
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Allow an hour to visit, although anyone with a passion for textiles will inevitably want
to stay longer. Buses 102 and 502 stop at Hadi Clinic. Walk south along the Fahaheel Ex-
pressway for five minutes and turn right just before the Iranian School. Walk for a further
50m and the museum is on the left.
Scientific Center
MUSEUM
OFFLINE MAP
( 184 8888;
www.tsck.org.kw
;
Arabian Gulf St, Salmiya; adult/child KD3.500/2.500; 9am-9.30pm Sun-Tue,
9am-10pm Thu, 2-10pm Fri; )
Housed in a fine, sail-shaped building on the corniche, the
Scientific Center's mesmerising
aquarium
is the largest in the Middle East. The unique in-
tertidal display, with waves washing in at eye level, is home to shoals of black-spotted
sweetlips and the ingenious mudskipper. But the most spectacular part of the display (with
giant spider crabs at 3.8m leg to leg, a living reef and fluorescent jellyfish coming in at a
close second) is undoubtedly the wraparound, floor-to-ceiling shark and ray tanks. Ring
ahead to check feeding times (currently 7pm Monday for sharks and 11am Sunday to
Wednesday for fish).
There's an
IMAX cinema
and an interactive learning centre called
Discovery Place
where chil-
dren can make their own sand dunes or roll a piece of road. The
dhow harbour
is home to
Fateh al-Khair,
the last surviving dhow of the pre-oil era. Admission prices vary, depend-
ing on which parts of the centre are visited.
Salmiya bus stop, for buses 15, 17, 24, 34 and 200, is a short 10-minute (shaded) walk
away.
Al-Corniche
CORNICHE
(Arabian Gulf Street; )
Comprising over 10km of winding paths, parks and beaches on Ara-
bian Gulf St (sometimes referred to locally as Gulf Rd), the corniche is marked at its
southern end by the Scientific Center and at its northernmost point by the Kuwait Towers.
Stop off at any one of the many beaches, restaurants or coffeehouses to watch a desert
sunset, or, on hot summer evenings, enjoy being part of the throng of people flocking to
the sea to catch the breeze.
Kuwait Towers
MONUMENT
(
www.kuwaittowers.com
; Arabian Gulf St, Dasman; )
Kuwait's most famous landmark, the Kuwait
Towers, with their distinctive blue-green 'sequins', are worth a visit for the prospect of sea
and city that they afford.
