Kermanshah
Kermanshah is a city in the Central District of Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
The city is 525 kilometres from Tehran in the western part of the country. The 2016 National Census measured the population of the city as 946,651.
Getting to Kermanshah
Kermanshah has an international airport that can be reached from some airports in Iran, especially from and to Tehran, and Mashhad. There are also regular flights to Kermanshah Airport from Istanbul. You can hire a car, however the easiest way to travel is via taxi.
- 01Kermanshah
There are buses to Kermanshah from Tehran and other major cities.
Worth seeing
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.
- 01Taq-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.
- 02Behistun Inscription
- 03Mo'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.
- 04Kouhestan Park
This park is near the Taq Bostan Mountains.
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