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Tehran

Why Tehran ?

Although, Tehran is imagined as a crowded and polluted metropolis that has no beauty and attractions this city has another face, too:
Tehran is a well-designed modern city full of cultural attractions, parks, restaurants, nice and cozy places and cafés; also, it is the city of monuments, great museums and palaces that take you on a fascinating journey through the history of Iran.
The combination of these factors has made Tehran a pleasant place that deserves at least a few days in your Iran itinerary.

Here are some factors that have made Tehran a popular destination:

• You can see a charming integration of traditional Persian architecture with western influences in the Golestan Palace, the oldest historical monument of Tehran.
• Tehran has a museum for Archaeology and history lovers. In the national museum, they can trace the history of Iran from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
• The view of Tehran from the Tabiat Bridge is superb. It connects the Taleghani Park and Abo-Atash Park and provides you apleasant space to relax .

Tehran in a Glance

Population

8.3 million

Area

574 km2

Location

Northern center of Iran

Elevation

5262 Meters

Climate

Cold semi-arid ( BSk)

Avg Annual Temperature

29.3 °C ( July , Warmest )

2.8 °C. ( January ,coldest)

Tehran Top Attractions
Golestan palace

Somewhere in Tehran and in the middle of a beautiful garden with evergreen trees and fresh climate, sits  a lavish palace that has a long history from the Safavid to the Pahlavi dynasties at its heart. It once was the formal royal reception of the  Pahlavi dynasty.  It includes three photographic, documents’ and manuscripts’   archives and also comprises of different halls , palaces and museums  which number around 17.  

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Iran national museum

An 80 years old museum that is considered the mother museum in Iran’s tradition. It is not only the largest archaeological and historical museum in Iran but also one of the world’s most important museums in volume, diversity and also regarding the quality of cultural heritage, monuments, museum objects and artefacts.

 

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Ancient Iran (Pre-Islamic ) Museum 

The main building was designed by André Godard, the French architect and built by two Iranian architects, Abbas Ali and Morad Tabrizi. The entrance gate of the museum was built in the style of the Taq-e- Kasra, a Persian monument that belongs to the Sassanid-era; also, all bricks are used in this structure are in dark red that recall the architecture of the Sassanid dynasty. So, it can be said that the design and plan of the museum has a good complement with its monuments .

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Ancient Iran (Post Islamic) Museum

A three floor building with six halls in 4000 square meters whose architecture was inspired from the Bishapour Sassanid palace and its octagonal shape. Visiting this museum must be started from the second floor that includes Seljuk, Ilkhanid and the Islamic era and finished in the first floor that comprises of the Quran Hall, the Timurid dynasty, the Safavid, Afshar, Zandieh and Qajar dynasties.

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Tehran Popular Hotels
Zein-o-Din Caravanserai and Iran Imperial Cities Tour

Zein-o-Din Caravanserai and Iran Imperial Cities Tour

Travelling to the depths of Iran

Travelling to the depths of Iran

Jewels of Western and North Western of Iran

Jewels of Western and North Western of Iran

Tehran Souvenirs and Handicrafts

Roodoozi

Roodoozi

The art of hand needleworking to create beautiful designs on plain fabrics is called Roodoozi, with a historical record in Tehran. Its traditional kind has 7 types and is done on fabric and leather. Of course, nowadays these there is little sign of it, in Tehran.

Batik Printing

Batik Printing

Batik Printing is the art of producing designs on fabric and has been prevalent in Tabriz, Oskoo, and Tehran. In this type of printing, a wax resist is used to print various designs on cloth. To do so, natural paints such as turmeric, pomegranate, Ronak, and dyer’s-weed are used.

Damavand Apple

Damavand Apple

Damavand Apple is among the highest quality apples in Iran. Medium-sized apples in bright red and yellow are known as Golden delicious. It has juicy and firm flesh with a sweet and refreshing flavour. Shemirani, Golab, Shafie Abad, Abbassi, Ghandak are some of its various types.

Gollaj Bread

Gollaj Bread

A traditional bread from Firuzkuh county. The nomads of this region cook this bread with wheat flour, milk, sugar, egg, cinnamon and ghee. This healthy bread is very popular due to its delicious taste and can be kept in the refrigerator for up to one month.
Tehran Traditional Food

Ash Shole Ghalamkar

Ash Shole Ghalamkar

This delicious Ash is originally Tehrani and refers to Nasser a-Din Shah's reign. It is said that when he went hunting, he was ordered to cook 12 pots of Ash. The servants had to use everything they find to cook it in large quantities and this is the reason to name it Shol-e Ghalamkar.

Koofte Dast be Gardan

Koofte Dast be Gardan

It is another Tehrani food with a long history. rice, ground meat, eggs, herbs, gram flour, potato, onion, salt, pepper and other spices. There are two reasons for this name; quick and easy recipe and the used meat is neck ( Gardan in Persian ).

Tah chin From Firouzkooh (Firoozkoohi rice cake)

Tah chin From Firouzkooh (Firoozkoohi rice cake)

Tah Chin is a national food of Iran that is cooked in a different part of the country with the same recipe, but this Tah Chin is completely different from the classic one known as saffron Tah Chin. Its ingredients are beetroot, meat, rice, potato, saffron, salt and dry apricots.

Valek Polo (rice with vegetable)

Valek Polo (rice with vegetable)

Valak is a kind of plant-like garlic, onion and leek, grown as a wild mountain vegetable in the north of Tehran (Shemiran), since old times. It has a good aroma and is grown at the beginning of spring in the mountains. Ingredients for the food are valak and rice.
Suggested Tehran Tours

Cultural Highlights of Yazd

Duration: 6 Days

Essential Yazd

Duration: 8 Days

Yazd Classic

Duration: 5 Days

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