Sanandaj
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Sanandaj, also called "Senna" is a city in the Kurdistan Province of Iran. Sanandaj occupies a fertile valley in the Zagros Mountains. The city is a major manufacturing and retail trade center with many diverse products, including carpets, cotton textiles, leather, metal ware, cutlery, pottery, wood furniture and wood crafts, milled rice, refined sugar, and processed foods. Its old bazaar is noted as a place to buy Kurdish handicrafts.
Sanandaj is home to the ruins of an 11th- and 12th- century fortress, the Dar al-Ehsan Mosque, and the Sanandaj Museum. The museum is housed in a 19th-century royal palace whose Arusi Room, or Wedding Room, is considered a masterpiece of handcrafted woodwork. Kurdistan University, founded after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, is also in the city.
The area around Sanandaj is known for its many mountain caves, hot springs, and freshwater lakes, many of which cater to tourists. The nature around Sanandaj is very beautiful.
Get in
By plane
There are 5 daily flights from/to Tehran. And 2 weekly flights from Sanandaj to Erbil (Kurdistan of Iraq) and also monthly flights to Antalia (Turkey).By train
Tehran-Sanandaj railway is under construction...By car
Freeway Tehran, SanandajThere are many Shared taxis to Tehran for 30 Dollars.
By bus
There are more than 50 buses from/to Tehran, Kermanshah, Tabriz, Hamedan and other Iranian cities daily.Also there are buses to Istanbul,Wan and Antalia (Turkey) and to Suleymaniye and Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan).
By boat
Get around
- Outside the city there are beautiful hills, mountains, water caves and lakes.
See
- Dar-El Salam Mosque
- National Museum of Sanandaj
- Didgah Park
- Abidar Park
- Palangan ancient village
- BAME-SANANDAJ entertainment center
- World's largest outdoor cinema in Amiriye park
- Hajar Khatoon Mosque
- Kurd House
- Khosro-Abad Buildings
- Aseef Buildings
- Eqbal Square
Do
- Go to Abidar mountain in the Western corner of Sanandaj. This mountain is the place where the residents of Sanandaj go on hicking and has many beautiful parks like "Amirieh" Jungle Park.
- Go to the Bazaars, like 6th Bahman, Vahabi House of Fabrics, Chapoor, Eqbal square.
Go out of the cityKurdistan province is one of the most mountainous regions in Iran. It is a popular tourist destination, featuring mountaineering, skiing and water sports. The nature outside the city contains beautiful hills, mountains and lakes.
Learn
- Kurdistan University (Medicine, Agriculture and Engineering colleges)
- Sananadaj Azad University (IAU)
- Payame Noor University
- Elmi Karbordi University
- IM Universities for Arts and foreign languages.
- IYCS-Sanandaj (Iranian youth cinema society-Sanandaj branch for film making teaching)
Buy
- Kurdish sweet Confectionery, Nan-e-Konjedi, Nan-e-Berenji
Bread Kok
Konji Gazo
Eat and drink
KhansalarGreat Kebabs and oodles of old Persian style.
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Paradise
address: Abidar AvenueYou can buy pizzas here. -
Good Memorize Restaurant
address: Hassan Abad Avenue -
Good Father Restaurant
address: 6 Bahman AvenueYou can buy pizzas, shrimp, spaghetti, chicken and ... here. -
Matarsak Restaurant
address: Abidar AvenueYou can buy Rostbiff, pizzas, shrimp, spaghetti, chicken and ... here. -
Super Star Restaurant
address: 1= Abidar Avenue ,2= Adab StYou can buy Rostbiff, pizzas, shrimp, spaghetti, chicken and ... here. -
Orkideh Restaurant
address: Abidar Park -
HAWRAZ cafes
address: Hawraz Sq.You can buy different kinds of Ice creams and soft drink here.
Some local specialty drinks are dough, which is a type of buttermilk, and istek.
Sleep
Budget
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Laleh International Hotel
address: Takieh-va-Chaman blvd.5 stars. -
Hotel Kaj
address: Ferdowsi St. -
Mosaferkhaneh Jabbar
address: Enqelab Square -
Hotel Hedayat
address: Ferdosi Street -
Shadi Hotel
phone: +98 87 3362 9200
Mid-range
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Shadi Hotel
address: Pasdaran Street extensionFor a mid-range price, you get all facilities of a four-star hotel. The owner speaks English fluently, a restaurant.
Splurge
Go next
- The beautiful villages of Galin and Tangisar
- Lake Zarivar near Marivan is a very beautiful lake near Sanandaj. Don't miss it.
- Hawraman is an ancient Kurdish village.
- Quri Qaleh water cave is one of the most beautiful water caves in Iran.