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Tabriz
City in East Azerbaijan, Iran

Tabriz

Tabriz is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran.

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It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran.

Get in

Getting to Tabriz

Tabriz is 310 km southeast of Bazargan (at the Iran — Turkey frontier), 131 km south of Agarak (at the Iran - Armenia border crossing), 159 km south of Jolfa on the Iran — Azerbaijan Republic border, and can be reached by road, rail (742 km from Tehran, with connections to Europe and Moscow), air from Tehran, Istanbul and other major cities in the region, and highway (Highway number 1 connects Tabriz to Tehran).

See

Worth seeing

With a very rich history, Tabriz used to house many historical monuments. Unfortunately, many of them were destroyed in repeated invasions and attacks of foreign forces, negligence of the ruling governments, and natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. What remains now mostly dates back to the Ilkhanids, the Safavids, and the Qajars. Some of the monuments are unrivaled masterpieces of architecture.

  1. 01
    Saat Tower

    It was used as the main office of the city municipality.

  2. 02
    El Goli
  3. 03
    Blue Mosque
  4. 04
    Bazaar of Tabriz

    One of the oldest bazaars of the Middle East and the largest covered bazaar in the world.

  5. 05
    Ark-e-Alishah
  6. 06
    Constitution

    It is a house retracing the story of the Iranian constitutional revolution in the early 20th century.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Hike in El-Goli Park
  2. 02
    Baghlar Baghi Amusement Park

    The biggest amusement park in the Northwest of Iran.

  3. 03
    Hike in Mt Eynali

    Eynali is the mountain range in a shape of a red wall just in north neighborhood of Tabriz.

  4. 04
    Watch Soccer in Sahand Stadium

    Sahand soccer stadium, the second largest soccer stadium in Iran, is in the south of Tabriz.

  5. 05
    Watch International Cycling Tour of Azerbaijan

    May (check the schedule on the web site)..

  6. 06
    Ski in Sahand Resort

    Sahand Ski Resort is the biggest ski resort in the north-west of Iran.

Eat

Where to eat

Traditional cuisine: Kabab, rice, Abgousht (meat broth), Kufte Tabrizi (big meat ball) some restaurants serve them all, but if you step inside a more modest Chelowkebabi, odds are you won't have much choice apart from the traditional rice and kebab.

  1. 01
    Tabriz Modern Restaurant
  2. 02
    Delestan

    In front of University of Tabriz, 29 Bahman Blvd,.

  3. 03
    Tooska

    Shah-Gulu Blvd..

  4. 04
    Badas Restaurant

    Rah Ahan,.

How locals move

Getting around Tabriz the local way

  • Get aroundCity transport awaiting the Metro that's only partly operational is limited to taxis, shared taxis and buses.
  • Get aroundTaxis can be chartered for a modest fee (around US$20 if you need a driver and car for the whole day to visit the region!) Shared taxis are even more of a bargain, but you will need to speak a few words of Persian and risk your life by stepping on the side of the road and scream your destination at passing-by Paykans.
  • Get around(be careful of tarof, though) Buses are difficult to take (no map, no schedule) and definitely not worth the experience when compared to shared taxis despite being quasi-free.

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

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