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FIRST STOP IN IRAN: TEHRAN

The day after the flight, we woke up early, put the scarf on my hair and went out to discover Tehran. A taxi took us to the first place: the Golestan Palace (chosen by the UNESCO as World Heritage), a palace complex used as royalty residence by the Qajar dynasty that is compound by different buildings constructed on different epochs. The beauty is that each palace has its own particularity; one of them had the interior entirely covered by little pieces of mirrors. As it was a complex, it took us whole morning to see it all, after that, we had “kabab” for lunch (the restaurant was almost empty, so I took advantage to uncover my hair for a while) and continued with the visit.

Near the Palace, there was the National Museum of Iran on walking distance, so we took a quick peak inside just to take the picture (we hadn’t enough time to visit the exposition). However, in order to arrive there, we needed to cross a principal street, I didn’t expected that it would be like an impossible mission; the traffic in Iran is crazy! The cars never stop, so you must cross in the middle of them.

National Museum of Iran - Sa'dabad Palace - Darband

The next stop was the Sa’dabad Palace, all across the city; it took us some time to arrive. It was similar to the Golestan Palace, but much bigger, is a 300-hectare complex with natural forest, streets, galleries, palaces and museums. The Qajar and Pahlavi monarchs built the palace as their residence. When we arrived, there was also a little food and candy fair, typical from different regions, we bought a delicious pomegranate juice, a candy made with a mixture of nuts and “baklava” a dessert pastry with chopped nuts held together with honey.

The last stop was my favorite: Darband, a neighborhood located at the beginning of a hiking trail into Mount Tochal (the world Darband literally means: door of the mountain), along the way up there were several cafes and restaurants giving the face to a river that passes under them. We began to go up searching for a restaurant that we like the most and on our way, we found a man who sells fortune cards, the cute thing was that the one who choose the card was a canary, I really didn’t like what my card said, but the canary was so cute.

We finally found our restaurant and it was so romantic, being there with the person that I love touched me profoundly; the sound of the river passing underneath us, the colored lights that illuminated us, because it was getting dark, and the artificial fire they set up so we wouldn’t felt cold made the perfect atmosphere. We were sitting on a platform with a carpet on it (of course); we drank some tea, smoked some shisha and ate some typical dishes enjoying our time together; it was the perfect closure of our Tehran trip.

1. Golestan Palace
2. National Museum
3. Sa'dabad Palace
4. Darband

We took this rout on our 2nd day Iran trip knowing Tehran. Unfortunately, we couldn’t saw all the beautiful things that this city has to offer, so I mark for you another two places that you totally must see, we hope to visit both on our next trip. 

* Azadi Tower
* Milad Tower

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