Kermanshah

Worth seeing in and around Kermanshah

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Taq-e Bostan

   Taq-e Bostan is a site with a series of large rock reliefs in Kermanshah, Iran, carved around the 4th century CE during the Sasanian era. This example of Sasanian art is located 5 km from the city center of Kermanshah.

   6.8 km · archaeological site in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Zagros Paleolithic Museum

   Zagros Paleolithic Museum is a museum in Kermanshah, Iran, established in 2007. The museum contains stone tools and animal fossil bones from Paleolithic sites in Iran.

   2.7 km · museum in Kermanshah, Iran · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Razi University

   Razi University is a public university based in Kermanshah, Iran. The school's Science and Engineering Departments attract Iranian high school graduates as well as graduate school applicants with a majority admitted from western provinces.

   6.2 km · university in Kermanshah, Iran · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Jameh Mosque of Shafei

   The Jameh Mosque of Shafei, is a Sunni Friday mosque, located near the bazaar in the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.

   3.1 km · mosque in Kermanshah, Iran · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Imad al-Dawla Mosque

   The Emad o dolah Mosque, also spelled as the Emadodoleh Mosque, is a mosque located in the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran. The mosque was completed in 1868 CE, during the Qajar era, in the reign of Naser al-Din Shah.

   2.9 km · mosque in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Do-Ashkaft Cave

   The Do-Ashkaft Cave, being a Middle Paleolithic cave site, is located north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan, Iran about 1,600 m above sea level. Its entrance faces south of Meywala Mount, overlooking the national park of Kuhestan.

   8 km · cave in Iran · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Coronation of Ardashir II

   The Coronation of Ardashir II is a rock relief that was carved between 379 and 383 by Ardashir II, the eleventh king of kings of the Sasanian Empire. The rock relief is located in Taq-e Bostan in Iran.

   6.8 km · relief in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Jameh Mosque of Kermanshah

   The Jameh Mosque of Kermanshah, also called the Chehel Sotoun Mosque, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque, located on Modarres Street and Rashid Yasemi Street in the old city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran. The mosque was completed in 1196 AH, during the Zand dynasty.

   2.8 km · mosque in Kermanshah, Iran · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Haj Shahbazkhan Mosque

   The Haj Shahbazkhan Mosque, also known as the Haj Shahbaz Khan Mosque, is a mosque located in the Ojagh Crossroads of the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.

   3.3 km · mosque in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Moaven al-Molk Tekiyeh

    Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk is a takyeh and historic building in Kermanshah, Iran. It was built during the Qajar era as a Shia mourning site.

    3.2 km · tekiyeh in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

There are four museums in old houses of Qajar period. These are Museum of Ethnography at Tekyeh Moavenalmolk, Zagros Paleolithic Museum and Museum of Epigraphy and Qajar Hand Writings at Tekieh Biglar Baigi. The Zagros Paleolithic Museum contains rich collections of stone tools and animal fossil bones from various Paleolithic sites in Iran.

1. 01
   Taq-e Bostan

   One of the most impressive reliefs inside the largest grotto or ivan is the gigantic equestrian figure of the Sassanid king Khosrau II (591-628 CE) mounted on his favorite charger, Shabdiz.

2. 02
   Behistun Inscription
3. 03
   Mo'avenalmolk Mosque

   This Shia mourning site is unique because of its exclusive tilings, picturing the Ghazi (warrior) Islamic era, the Battle of Karbala, and pictures of Achaemenid kings and Persepolis.

4. 04
   Kouhestan Park

   This park is near the Taq Bostan Mountains.

From Wikivoyage: Kermanshah, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Kermanshah

Airports

Kirkuk (KIK), 280 km · Baghdad / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), 290 km

Stations

Kermanshah Airport, 6.2 km · Kermanshah Railway Station, 3.8 km

• Tehran → Kermanshah

  425 km · quickest by road, 7h 34m · $40–55
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  366 km · quickest by road, 8h 19m · $40–55
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• Karaj → Kermanshah

  395 km · quickest by road, 7h 42m · $40–55
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