The numerous bedrooms were quite large and palatial.


Another bedroom ensuite with liberal amounts of marble..


It was quite eerie and surreal to freely roam about what was once a place where no mere 'mortal' would be allowed to be.


Walking down some curved marbled steps.


Looking out from an upper floor window and to the Euphrates.


A couple of teenagers posing beside the flag of Iraq.


A man taking a photo of his daughter in what appeared to be a larger living room.


A very colourful mural on the ceiling showing various monuments of Iraq.


Another mural inside the Palace which I managed to illuminate with the light from my iPhone.


Despite being almost 15 years since the fall of Saddam, it was quite interesting to see Iraqi's touring his former palace with the same fascination and inquisitiveness as us tourists.