Ghanbarali Khaan and Other Mosque – Tehran

Qasr prison which used to be one of famous prisons located in the heart of Tehran has been turned into a Museum since some years ago. Qasr Museum-Garden which was formerly called Qasr prison was Tehran’s first centralized prison. This prison is now inoperative and it is being visited by public in...

Right in the heart of the city, the Grand Bazaar is an essential visit for any tourist in Tehran. With over 10 kilometers of labyrinthine alleyways filled with covered shops, haggling customers, and general commotion, you will find everything from jewelry to carpets and pots and pans for sale here....

Glassware Museum is one of the museums in Tehran. The building is a historical house from Qajar period and is located in Thirty Tir Street in Tehran. This monument was registered in the list of Iran’s national monuments on 7th of Ordibehesht 1377 with registration number 2014. The building that...

This old structure is located between Manoochehri st. and Jomhoorieh Islami Ave., in Peer Nia Street (Lalehzar) and belonged to Hassan Peer Nia (Moshirodoleh) one of the prominent personalities during the Qajar era. The building is in three storeys with a simple facade. Even internally the building...

Tehran Birds Garden is located in the north east of Tehran in the heart of Lavizan Park. Tehran Birds Garden is designed in two phases. The first phase which is utilized at the moment is called “Dashtcher” and contains birds that are kept in cages or cannot fly. The second phase which is...

The house of Sardar(Commander-in-chief) As’ad or Bank Meli club was built in 1913. The building is the residential house of Ja’far Qoli Khan Sardar As’ad and his architect, Master Muhammad Me’mar Bashi, known by the name Baba. Me’mar Bashi was the architect of the Treasure Museum as well....

Other old graveyards of the province are: Hazrat Abdol Azeem Graveyard located in south-east of exterior courtyard of the same mausoleum, the Russian, Armenians, French and Italian Graveyards located in Vosooq Avenue, Hindus, Jews, Christians belonging to the British Embassy, and those of...

Baharestan building, Baharestan palace or Iran’s national consultative assembly are the names of a historical building in Baharestan complex of Tehran and is from the 19 century. This building were used for holding the national council assembly conferences. This building was once cannonaded and...

The complex of Haj Hussein Aqa Malek’s house is one of the centers affiliated to Malek national library and museum institution. The house of Malek was located in the Bazar tissue and its relation to urban complexes is important (for being in the middle of the path between two mosques of Imam...

Sangan is a very beautiful mountain village located in the north west of Tehran, a little further from Souleqan and has a beautiful Imam Zadeh building and waterfall. In this village, a medicinal plants museum has been established by one of the local residents which is worth visiting. This museum...

Built in 1971 to commemorate 2500 years of Persian monarchy, this iconic tower fuses elements of Sassanian, Achaemenid, and modernist architecture. Literally meaning ‘Freedom Tower’, the ivory-colored, Y-shaped building is situated in a park in east Tehran, and features a well laid out...

This caravansary or traditional local ‘inn’ is situated on the Tehran - Qom Road. Immediately after Hassan Abad (towards Varamin) and 12 km from Band-e-Ali Khan, Deir caravansary can be noted, which is placed in the old Sassanid Raod which was supposed to connect Esfahan to Ray.