Source de la grotte de Darzila
- Location
- Erbil Governorate, Iraq
- Water type
- thermal
- Temperature
- 28 °C
- pH
- 7.4
Water profile
Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Source de la Grotte de Darzila in the Erbil Governorate of Iraq's Kurdistan Region is an oligomineral spring emerging from a cave system in the Zagros Mountain foothills, whose cool, pure waters provide a natural resource in the green mountain landscape of Iraqi Kurdistan that contrasts dramatically with the arid plains of lowland Iraq. Kurdistan's landscape of forested mountains, alpine villages, and ancient Yazidi, Christian, and Muslim sacred sites offers some of the most scenically beautiful territory in the broader Middle East, and Darzila's cave spring represents one element of the region's natural geological heritage. The Kurdistan Regional Government has invested significantly in ecotourism infrastructure in the Amadiya and Duhok provinces' mountain areas, and cave springs like Darzila are valued as natural attractions in a developing tourism landscape that increasingly positions Kurdistan as the 'other Iraq' — peaceful, scenic, and accessible to visitors.