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Rasht
City in Gilan province, Iran

Rasht

Rasht is a city in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of the province, the county, and the district.

Plan a trip to Rasht→From Tehran

Known as the "City of Silver Rain", Rasht has, throughout Iran’s history, served as a border city, earning the historical nickname "Dār al-Marz Rasht" or "Rasht on the Border". With a population of 679,995 in 2016, it is the most populous city in northern Iran.

Get in

Getting to Rasht

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    Rasht Airport

    There are a few daily flights from Tehran.

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    Rasht Bus Terminal
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    Rasht
See

Worth seeing

The Shahrdari is Rasht's most identifiable landmark, its colonial style tempered by a token mini-dome topping a distinctive whitewashed tower. It looks great when floodlit at night. Rasht Museum is small, but well presented in a 1930s house. Its mannequin displays illustrate Gilaki lifestyle, amid a selection of 3000-year-old terracotta riton drinking horns in the shape of bulls, rams and deer.

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    Hajj Samad Khan Mosque

    Iran National Tea Museum, 52W8+GJC, Lahijan,.

Do

Things to do

Firstly you must see the Golsar area in the north of the city. It's the most modernized section of the city, you can find the youth roaming over there, beautiful shops and restaurants. You find yourself in a European country in the middle of an Asian civilization. Golsar, pronounced golsâr (Persian: گلسار), is a suburb of Rasht.

Eat

Where to eat

Rasht and the surrounding towns of the Caspian province are a great place to try still-warm, walnut-filled koloocheh cookies. Look for stores selling cookies with round patterns embossed on them (they say the best ones are sold in nearby Fuman). You can buy some kind of dooghs, the traditional drink of the area. Sara is the most famous doogh in Iran. A traditional breakfast is cooked cow head.

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    Shekam Ol-Molouk Restaurant

    Manzarieh Boulevard (inside Kadus Grand Hotel),.

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    Vahid Restaurant

    This one is pretty neat given that it's on a rooftop terrace of a fairly high building, giving you ample views.

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    Razeghi Restaurant

    A good place to try local dishes, like kalle pasche.

How locals move

Getting around Rasht the local way

  • Get inYou can easily find shared taxis to city center, it costs around 30,000 rials.
  • Get inShared taxis (Savaris) plow the Caspian coast, so getting to Rasht from anywhere in that area is easy.
  • Get inA good choice for a trip from Tehran would be a shared taxi or bus to Chalus, a spectacular route through the Alborz mountains and then a savari from Chalus to Rasht.

From Wikivoyage: Rasht, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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