Rey Travel Guide

 Behi Says:  Tappeh Mil is the name of a district near Varamin. When you travel 11 kilometers from the road leading Shahr-e Rey to Varamin (Varamin Road), you come across a side road which ends with Tappeh Mil. Tappeh Mil itself is visible from the Varamin Road.this historical site has... 

 Behi Says:  A small building beside Tappeh Mil housed excavated artifacts.as Large pieces of building ornament show decoration with leaves and other plant material on temple building, ceramic pot, oil lamp & three large ceramic containers are standing in the hallway.Tappeh Mil is place... 

 Behi Says:  Cheshmeh Ali is a small Neolithic and Late Chalcolithic mound. The 7m high mound, 3.5 hectares in extent, sits adjacent to a small spring and abuts a rocky ridge at the edge of the Islamic city of Ray.The hill, which is now entirely leveled out and most artifacts... 

 Behi Says:  Dej-e Rashkan is small remnants of the city rampart.The Rampart firstly build in the Parthian era when Ray was the spring residence of the kings.(247 BC - 220 AD)Ray called Arsacia, in the Parthian era then the name of Dej-e Rashkan come from Arsacia. 

 Behi Says:  Zendan-e Haroun (Haroun's Prison) but it's not prison.It seems was kiosk in hunting ground dates back to the Buyid era (934–1055) & some believes it dates back to the Sassanid era.It's simple small cubic building but architecture make it an important & unique building.It is... 

 Behi Says:  It is comprised of two courtyards, the entrance veranda, a praying niche and a water well. It is bordered by a mountain to the north, a valley to the east and south and an asphalt road to the west.Its structure, which is constructed by stone and plaster, dates back to the... 

 Behi Says:  Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine is located 1.5 km to the north of Amin-abad on the mountain rocks. Shahr Banu means "The Lady of the Land"According to a commonly-told story "Shahr Banu has been the eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Shahanshah of the Sassanid dynasty of Iran... 

 Behi Says:  Borj-e(Tower) Tughrul was constructed under the reign of Saljuks at the order of Toghrol who died in Ray in 1063. Originally, like other monuments of its time, it was capped by a conical dome, which would have added to its height. The dome collapsed during an earthquake.The... 

 Behi Says:  In 1831, Fath-Ali Shah portrait and that of some Qajar princes were engraved on a rock at Cheshmeh Ali hill and its surrounding was decorated with tablets covered by poetry. 

 Behi Says:  The Tower is huge observatory same as Radkan tower in Khorasan province.each 24 sections of the exterior wall stands for an hour. among each 2 sections is a indentation that stand for a half hour. & then each half hour sections are divided in 2 sections that each one stands... 

 js77 Says:  The most interesting object in Rey is Imamzadeh Shah-e Abdal-Azim. There is a bettel wood sarcophagus of Imam Hussein descendent. Imamzadeh is very beautifull from inside. The taxi driver who lead me there told me not to make photos inside, so you have to go there yourself... 

 js77 Says:  This is a place with some remains of Citadel (if I understood right) on the cliff and Mineral Springs besides. There were also some carvings in that cliff. 

 js77 Says:  This is 12th century tomb tower of Seljuk king. The place (behind high wall) was closed in the late afternoon, but my taxi driver knocked hard and could talk with the guard that he let us in for some extra money. 

 thelittlevoice Says:  Rey can easily be reached by metro(red line). Once in Rey, I walked around and found it to be completely fine. 

 js77 Says:  Once you get in Rey it is possible to find the interesting places by foot. But since there is no map in Lonely Planet guidebook and the distances between major objects are rather big, it is wise to take a taxi unless you are on a very tight budget. There is a taxi stand... 

 js77 Says:  You can get to Rey by Tehran metro: the station is called Shahr-e Rey. 

 Behi Says:  Said it's tomb of Sanghar Einanj one of the monarchs of Seljuq Empire, assassinated in 1170.it's circular area, 36m diameter & a small fort beside it.It seems fort built later.circular area seems as Zoroasterians Ostodan.Located in middle way to Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine,...