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Darband

Darband is the name of one of the northern neighborhoods of Tehran. Darband district, located at an altitude of 1600 to 1800 meters above the sea level, is to the north of Sa’dabad district. Darband district is one of the main climbing routes to the Central Alborz.

According to surveys, the area is one of the first destinations where citizens of Tehran invite the guests and tourists to visit.

This area dates back to the Qajar era. During the Qajar period, some of the princes of this dynasty were living there and attracted more attention to the area. After that, its pleasant weather attracted more people, and even one of the most luxurious hotels in Tehran was built there.

Adventure, Eco tours

Mountain climbing in Shemiranat

Shemiranat

Shemiranat is a region located at the north and eastern north of Tehran and is accounted as one of regions in Tehran with the most pleasant weathers; for this purpose, it was a place of country side for kings of Iran since longer ago.
Considering its not extended area, due to its geographical situation, we can see huge size of tourism attractions in this area.
Thus, this paper will introduce the summits of this area followed by introducing other tourism attractions of this area in further papers.
Because of locating in the southern range of Alborz Mount, Shemiranat area is one of the regions with most summits in Iran and is considered as one of the targets of tourists who coming from overseas, far or close to Persian land for mountain climbing.
We strictly recommend to the tourists interested in Mount climbing to travel to Iran for experience of memorable climbing besides travelling to K-2 Mounts in Pakistan, Ararat Mounts in Turkey, Everest in Nepal and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Shemiran region is located in the southern range of Alborz and the mountains located in this area called as “Tochal Wall”.
This area has crescent-shapes summits with their height is increasing from east to Tochal Summit and then reducing towards west; however, western summits are taller than eastern summits.

Cultural tours

Top 20 museums of Sa’dabad complex in Tehran, Part 1

Saad abad

About two hundred years ago, the name of Sa’dabad was not known by the Iranians and the people who traveled to Tehran, but this name is now very popular and this global reputation is due to what has happened in this region in the last two centuries.
The name of this region became popular for the first time when Nasereddin Shah chose to build his royal palace in this village.
Sa’dabad is located in north of Tehran, on the slopes of the Alborz mountains and in the foothills of Tochal.
This area is surrounded by the Alborz mountains, Golabdareh region, Tajrish and Velenjak.

Cultural tours

Top 20 museums of Sa’dabad complex in Tehran, Part 2

Saad abad palace

The Sa’dabad area has been known differently in different historical periods of Qajar, Pahlavi, and Islamic Republic.
In the Qajar period, the area was very much appreciated for its beautiful gardens and its pleasant weather.
By the end of the Qajar period and the beginning of the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty, this region was well known for its enormous and numerous palaces.
It is now a place with various museums.
The names Sa’dabad and Museum in Tehran are ingrained in the minds. We recommend you to visit this museum complex on your trip to Tehran.