Hamedan Travel Guide

 
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Things to Do  

Ganjname

Ganjname, Hamedan

 mahshid Says:  you should go there and visit this historical inscription which has been engraved on the mountains near a beautiful river. 

Sang-e Shir

Sang-e Shir, Hamedan

 vahiddavoodi Says:  Sange Shir (Stone Lion), The Stone Lion of Ecbatana. Ecbatana or Hamedan or Hegmatanah or Ecbatan was The Great Median Capital of The Median Kingdom. Meds were one of the three Aryan Tribes who entered Iran and established The Aryan Culture. 

Sang-e Shir up close

Sang-e Shir up close, Hamedan

 vahiddavoodi Says:  Hamedans Stone Lion of Ecabtana is The Tomb of Hephaestion, who was the friend, colleague, and lover of Alexander The Macedonian. 

Restaurants  

RESTAURANTS:
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RESTAURANTS:
I. Felestin, Ghodss (Shokri) 30-m Street.
2. Gol, Bu-Ali Street 26113.
3. Golha, Bu Ali SinaSquare 21855.
4. Javanan, Janbazan Street 240028.
5. Kactus, Bu A!i Sina Square 27070.
6. Khaneh Mo'allem, Mahdieh Street 32465. ,
Majlesi, Mahdieh Street 37884. Payvand, Abbas Abad Street 244508.
~I. Qassr-e Sina, Khajeh Rashid Blvd 31631.
Shamshi.ri, Imam Square 224653. ..There is a quiet and reasonably good
restaurant in the cellar of Bu Ali Hotel (33071-2), but its menu is minimalist. There are several chelo kababis nearby and around the bazaar. There are also quite a few pleasant cafes and restaurants at Ganj Nameh, 35 km away, which are very popular with Hamadanis.

Written Jul 18, 2005

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Shopping  

Hamadan Bazaar
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Bazaar

The Hamadan bazaar is a sprawling affair that extends across several streets. The fruit bazaar displaying the region's famous produce, and the pottery and leather sections are worth visiting. Visitors are likely to find Hamadan's thick carpets an added attraction to a leisurely stroll through the bazaar.
Modern Hamadan is rapidly developing into an industrial base, with a good number of factories, plus many smaller workshops engaged in washing and spinning wool for carpet weaving industry. The only exceptions are the town's beautiful countryside.

Written Jul 18, 2005

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Local Customs  

Hagmatana

Hagmatana, Hamedan

 omidamini Says:  HagmatanaBefore going into a description of the historical monuments of Hamadan, and regarding the town's rather prolonged history, the reader is reminded of two hills on which some of the most ancient remains can be seen even today, however not that much interesting: I)... 

Borj-e Qorban

Borj-e Qorban, Hamedan

 omidamini Says:  Borj-e QorbanLocated in the eastern part of the city, the Borj-e Qorban (Qorban Dome) is a twelve- sided brick tower and a place of pilgrimage, and said to contain the grave of Hafez Abol Ala of Hamadan ( 12th century AD). The tombstone inside the dome is from the Safavid... 

Gonbad-e Alavian

Gonbad-e Alavian, Hamedan

 omidamini Says:  Gonbad-e AlavianGonbad-e Alavian (or Masjid-e Alavian) is a four-sided interesting 12th century mausoleum belonging to the late Seljuk period. On the exterior, it resembles the Gonbad-e Sorkh of Maragheh. Inside this Dervish Monastery, taken over by the powerful Alavi Family... 

Hamadan Shrines

Hamadan Shrines, Hamedan

 omidamini Says:  The 20th century Mausoleum of Baba Taher (another modernist atrocity), situated near the northern entrance of the city from Tehran Highway and at the end of Baba Taher Street in a square named after him, is a rocket-like monument to a mystic poet contemporary of Avicenna,... 

Hamadan Museum

Hamadan Museum, Hamedan

 omidamini Says:  Avicenna's Mausoleum and MuseumHamadan has been the land of great heroes and scientists: Cyrus the Great grew up here, Pharaortes was executed here, and after thousands of years the vestiges of the mythological walls surrounding the beautiful town of Daiakku (Deioces), the... 

Favorites  

KHaraghan Towers

KHaraghan Towers, Hamedan

 mahshid Says:  These Historical Towers are in the way of Hamedan , between Hamedan and Qazvin near Abegarm( a Small City). 

MEDICAL SERVICES:

MEDICAL SERVICES:, Hamedan

 omidamini Says:  1. Bu.Ali Hospital 250!!-3.2. Ekbatan Hospital, Taleghani Street 23017.9.3. Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mir Zadeh Eshghi Street 33014-5.4. Mobasher Hospital, Mahdieh Street 39051. 

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