Tehran

Tehran, the capital and largest city of Iran, is located in north-central Iran. It is the most populated city in Iran and the second-largest metropolitan city in the Middle East.
Despite its noisy and crowded streets, it has a specific glory that few people may not be attracted to its elegance! Beautiful Tehran as a lively city, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iran, with its cultural, historical and natural diversity, provides countless facilities and attractions for visitors. A wide variety of facility types, activities, and tourist attractions of Tehran have always been popular, and welcome a large number of tourists from all over the world.

The stunning scenery of Alborz mountain range and Mount Damavand peak (the highest peak in Iran) in the north of Tehran can be seen everywhere.
The Alborz Mountain contains amazing top-rated ski resorts including Dizin ski resort,  Tochal ski resort, Shemshak ski resort, and Darbandsar ski resort. Therefore, skiing as an exciting adventure is so popular here.
As a modern city with various historic palaces, museums, peaceful gardens, parks, modern cafes, magnificent buildings, and more importantly, kind and friendly people which fascinates every traveler. Being the capital for the last 250 years has made Tehran the most populated city with a lot of historic attractions, stunning palaces and museums left from
Qajar and Pahlavi, the last two dynasties in Iran.

Tehran’s climate is influenced by the  Alborz mountains from the north and the plains from the south. Of course, the northern region of Tehran has mostly mountain climate. In general Tehran has moderate and dry weather with hot summers and cold winters.

Here are some natural attractions in Tehran:
Darakeh, Darband,Sangan Waterfall, Darabad, Burnik Cave, Narges Spring, Taleghani Forest Park, Golabdareh Waterfall, Golabdare Mountain, Chitgar Lake. Time Museum, Dialogue Park, Roya Park, Tabiat Bridge, Dafineh Museum and Tochal ski resort.

Tehran’s historical places and magnificent palaces including:
Golestan Palace, Saad Abad Palace (Cultural and Historical Complex), Niavaran Palace,  Hasan Abad Square, Masoudieh Palace, Khanat Carvanserai, Nagarestan Museum Garden, Lalehzar Street, Azadi Tower, Shams-ol-Emareh, Ferdows Garden, Teymurtash Museum and so on.

Visiting the museums of Tehran during your trip creats an unforgettable experience for visitors. Since Tehran is the capital, many museums are located in thiscity including:
Mellat Palace Museum(also known as White Palace), the Treasury of National Jewels Museum, Iran National Museum, Qasr Museum,  Museum Contemporary Art, Moghadam Museum, Tamashagah Museum, the Time Museum, Iranian Art Museum, National Botanical Garden of Iran, Abgineh Museum, and the Carpet Museum

Some other places to visit in Tehran include the following:
Milad Tower, Chitgar Forest Park, Eram Park, Nature Bridge, Azadi Tower, Book Garden, Art Garden (Hanar Lake), Bam-e Tehran, Water Park, Jurassic Park, Ab-o-Atash Park, the Iranian Garden (Persian Garden), Bamland Complex,

Tehran has various Bazaar (markets) with their own specific story and beauty of traditional and modern architecture representing Iranians culture and art. Tehran bazaar with amazing high ceilings and corridors, Tajrish bazaar with traditional architecture and handicrafts, and other traditional bazaar such as Abbas Abad bazaar, all offer a unique experience of Tehran daily life, they really worth to visit.

If you are interested in Iranian art and artists, visiting the astonishing and valuable artworks of Farshchian Museum (master of Persian miniature painting) is highly recommended, as one of the most famous museums in the Sa’dabad Palace complex.

In order to taste the local dishes of Tehran, try the traditional restaurants of the capital, Tehran is a city whose people are of many nationalities, that’s why many local dishes are cooked in this city. Shale Kalamkar
Sarganjeshki
Spinach tear
Valk plu
Seven colors of plu
Dempakhtak Baghali
Techin Firouzkohi.

In Tehran, due to the cultural diversity of most ethnici groups, you can find a wide variety of different foods including: Chelo-Kabab, Ash-Shole-Ghalamkar, Ghorme-Sabzi, Persian meatballs (Kalleh Gonjeshki),
Eshkeneh (a classic recipe of Persian soup),
Lubia Polo (Persian Green Bean Rice with rice, green beans, ground beef, tomato paste, saffron, Persian spices), Dampokhtak or Dami Baghali (a traditional Persian dish made of rice, fava beans, served with Salad Shirazi), and Eshkeneh (a classic recipe of Persian soup).

In addition to the fact that you can find all kinds of traditional and local food in Tehran, international food is served in restaurants as well.

During your trip to Tehran, you will encounter many attractions because Tehran will surprise you with valuable historical buildings, wonderful museums, palaces, streets and alleys full of trees, wonderful views of mountains, parks, high frequency and positive vibe, and other countless attractions.