Abadan

Worth seeing in and around Abadan

5 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
   Rangooniha Mosque

   The Ranguniha Mosque, also spelled as the Rangooniha Mosque, is a former Sunni mosque, now history museum, located on the banks of the Arvand River, in the city of Abadan in Abadan County, in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. The mosque was completed in 1920, during the Qajar and Pahlavi eras.

   1.4 km · Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Saint Karapet Church

   Saint Garapet Church is a 20th century Armenian church in Abadan, Iran. The church was constructed in 1940 and was the largest place of gathering for the Armenian community in Abadan at the time, however due to the low population of Armenians in the city, it is no longer operational.

   1.3 km · church in Abadan, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Takhti Stadium (Abadan)

   The Abadan Takhti Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium built in Abadan, Khuzestan province, Iran. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. who play in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

   1.3 km · stadium in Abadan, Iran · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Abadan building collapse

   On 23 May 2022, the Metropol building, a ten-story residential and commercial building in Abadan, Iran, collapsed while under construction. As of 6 June 2022, at least 41 people had died and 37 others were injured in the incident, according to Iranian state media.

   1.6 km · 2022 building collapse in Abadan, Iran · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Abadan University of Medical Sciences

   Abadan University of Medical Sciences is a public medical university located in Abadan, Khuzestan Province in central-west Iran near the Iraqi–Iran border. Established in September 1941 by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education as the country's first Nursing Faculty, it evolved through successive upgrades and on June 22, 2021 was formally transformed into an independent medical university.

   3 km · University in Khuzestan, Iran · Wikipedia

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Getting to Abadan

Airports

Abadan Ayatollah Jami (ABD), 6 km · Basra (BSR), 64 km · Qasem Soleimani (AWZ), 119 km

Stations

Abadan International Airport, 5.9 km

• Ahvaz → Abadan

  115 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · $10–13
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• Shiraz → Abadan

  415 km · quickest by air, 3h 36m · $160–230
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• Isfahan → Abadan

  410 km · quickest by road, 8h 37m · $50–70
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