As skyscraping towers and hotels share the skies with forbidding mountain ranges, this Iraqi Kurdistan city beams with urban elegance that nurtures a respected Sorani Kurdish culture of famed poets and artists. A stroll through Bakhi Gishti's busts of revered poets, or the Old Town's bazaars, reveals the thirst for creativity that feeds Sulaymānīyah's artistry, while Chavi Land's amusement park is an excellent break away from all the imaginative pursuits.