SECOND STOP IN IRAN: MALAYER

Nushijan Hill - Mini World (Kuhsar Park) - Baam-e Malayer

A car took us in 6 hours from Tehran to Malayer on the morning of the third day; we arrived to my boyfriend’s house where all his family was waiting to know me for the first time. They received me with all their love and kindness; even if the communication was difficult (they only speak in Persian, so my boyfriend had to translate everything to me), I could feel they were so happy for us to be there together. It was already lunchtime, so his mom cooked my favorite Persian food “fesenjoon” and it tasted like heaven.

After an amazing introduction to my family in law, we took the car, went to eat some Iranian ice cream and headed to the first stop: Baam-e Malayer, the highest point of Malayer from where you can see the entire city; the lookout area also has an artificial waterfall, a restaurant and the possibility of renting a hookah at night. Later, we went to see an attraction called: Mini World, inside of Kuhsar Park.It’s basically a reproduction of different famous world monuments but in a small version, the park is still in construction, but we were able to see the Eiffel Tower, the Parthenon, Persepolis, Si-o-se Pol Bridge, the Hafez mausoleum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and other Persian sites. Kuhsar Park is also famous for being the place where Persian families go to picnic in summer.

Both, Baam-e and Mini World were restructured a few years ago as part of a plan by Malayer’s administration for bringing tourist to the city and creating a direct highway on the north of the city for inhabitants to arrive to the center. I enjoyed both places, the first one for the incredible view and the second one for its cultural content.

As we were so tired for our early trip from Tehran to Malayer, we decided to leave the last place for another day. On our fifth day in Iran, we majorly did family visits and in each house we were fed, I don’t know how I managed to eat all that food, maybe because it was so delicious. In addition, my boyfriend’s sister-in-law make me up since I was fascinated with the Iranian girl’s makeup.

In the middle of one visit and another, we took a little ride, 20km north from Malayer, to the last place: Nushijan Hill, an antic multi-storied fort on top of a 37 meters hill. Built with mud-brick it is considered the oldest building in the world of its type; it dates between 723 and ±220 BC although it was only found in the year 1967 as a result of an excavation. Almost no tourist knows this place, so the fort was practically empty and that’s why I could take a picture without having to cover my hair.

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