It is said that Tabriz gets its name from the word tap-riz thermal wind that changes over time. If we look at the history of Tabriz;. There is Eynali Mountain in the north of Tabriz and Sehend Mountain in the south.. The river, formed by the combination of Mehran Stream and Acı Çay, gives life to Tabriz.. When we say places to see in Iran, everyone says “there is nothing there” for Tabriz.. I think there is a lot. If Tabriz is not included in your Iran trip, something will be missing.. Let’s get started. What did I expect in Tabriz on the Historical Silk Road? What I Found?
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Transportation Between Urmia-Tabriz
Transportation between Tabriz and Urmia is done by taxis. Not by bus. close already. If we had 3 people in the back seat, we would have paid 8 TL per person.. We said let’s go comfortably, we pay the 3rd person. We give 12 TL (2018). Come and experience this comfort. Why is the front seat a little more expensive?. We don’t need hitchhiking. Now we need to find the electrician Ahmet Abi in Tabriz.. Allow us.
Now I’ll tell you the story of two perplexed female travelers. come a little closer. We forgot the route we took first on the table in Van.. We didn’t have the key to the house we stayed in.. All the necessary phones were on that route. It was a very sad situation for us.. Then we lost ourselves while shopping in Urmiyeh and the next bomb was that we went directly to the address, although Ahmet Abi, who was the person we were going to stay in Tabriz, had a phone number but didn’t have it.. Electrician brother Ahmet’s shop was closed. Then Özkan, who found Ahmet Abi, sent us his phone again.. Finally, we were able to call.
We waited for Ahmet brother under the spectacles of passers-by in front of a bank.. The man came. “I’m dressed in black. Do you know what happened?” said. Selda “is it a wedding?” she clapped her hands happily. The man said “no, my aunt is dead”. oh my god i’m going to die. The house was filled to the brim with relatives who came to offer condolences.. Thank God I arranged a second house to stay in a control frig person while I was on the way.. We said, “At least let’s visit until the evening”. What awaited us in Tabriz, the capital of West Azerbaijan, on the historical Silk Road?
1. Azerbaijan Museum
We left our bags in brother Ahmet’s car. He dropped us off near the Gök Masjid. Azerbaijan Museum is located right next to the famous Hakani Park. Azerbaijan Museum has a fee of 20,000 Tumens (2018). Open every day of the week. It closes at 18:00 in the evening. If you are interested in history and archeology, I can say that it was one of the most beautiful museums I visited in Iran.. don’t miss. You will see many layers of very special archaeological finds and you will be surprised what to photograph.. Even if I could, I could put them all in this article, but of course it’s not possible.
2. Goy Masjid, Gok Masjid or Blue Mosque, Choose Like and Buy
After visiting the museum, we started looking for Gök Masjid but there is no signboard. Navigation keeps spinning us in the same place. Then we untied the Blue Mosque sign, which we passed three times. Selda asked, “What color is the sky?” I said “blue”. The famous signboard, which was sought when saying what does blue mean in English, was found. Everyone says Gok Masjid, but the sign says Blue Mosque. There was no one left that we did not ask. We said Gök Masjid. They never understand.
Gok Masjid entrance fee is 15 thousand Tumen.(2018). Opening at 9:00 in the morning, closing at 17.30. It’s quite worn out now, but still upright, still beautiful. Gök Mosque was built by Karakoyunlu ruler Cihan Shah. Akkoyunlus finished it when he died before it was completed.. It takes its name from its blue tiles.. So we followed the right path trying to find your name.. Gay Masjid in Azeri Turkish, International name Blue Mosque, Turkish Gök Mescid and another name Masjid-i Kabud. We were puzzled how to call it.. What can he know, after centuries, two women will call like crazy. The story went in front of the mosque, but what about me, the event is not over.. Ordinariness would not suit our glory.
The texts written with blue and turquoise tiles on the walls of the mosque when you go, reads Ali, Allah, Muhammed. Written in different calligraphy styles. Göy Mescid’s entrance is 17 meters high. The gold-embroidered room is the prayer place of the Karakoyunlu rulers, and the tomb in the garden is the Cihan Shah Tomb.. One of the most precious things in Iran is its poets.. The statue of the famous Azeri poet Afzaladdin Bedel Khagani who lived in the 12th century is also located in the garden. We were able to discover them well with that head.
Then we started looking for Friday Masjid and Grand Bazaar. Navigation has lost us again. We ask “how do we go?” saying. The ones we asked say “it’s Friday”. Expensive we understand. We say “Okay, we won’t buy anything”. Then we realize that bound means “closed”. 🤣 Fridays are Iran’s Sunday and generally everywhere is closed.. If you see two women walking around like chickens with their heads cut off in Iran, know that it’s us.. We do not know whether Iran is visiting us or Iran, but we are very pleasant.
3. Tabriz Accommodation
We mean the evening when we come to Tabriz from Urmiyeh, a lot of complicated work, a museum and a mosque.. Thank God, brother Ahmet is coming back with the bags we gave him.. All our money was gone with the bags. Then we stared. Confidence and courage in us are not worth the ignorance.. Brother Ahmet drops us to the house where we will stay.. We are picking seeds and drinking tea with them in an Iranian house.. We teach the mother of the house to knit. We sleep on the floor like an Iranian.
I’m sure there are many nice hotels in Tabriz. i am traveler. I am not a tour agency. That’s why you read my road experiences in my articles instead of information you can easily find on Google, such as hotel recommendations.. Just go to the internet and look for the hotel.. Iranian people love Turks and are incredibly hospitable.. I couldn’t miss it.
4. How to go to Kandovan?
Our taxi driver said “Go to Kandovan” on the way to Tabriz.. We just looked online.. It looked like our Cappadocia. We call a taxi from Snap with someone’s help to go to Kandovan. Snapp what? If you say so, you should click HERE and read it.. If you haven’t read the article I recommended at the beginning of my article, it’s still not too late.. Anyway, back to the taxi. Fortunately, the driver speaks Turkish.
It is 55 km and 1 hour from Tabriz to Kandovan. Kandovan’ Buses to Osku leave from Osku. Our taxi would take us to Osku 13 Tyumen.. We were going to give 5 divisions per person for a minibus from there.. These are taxis that leave hourly.. The distances were too far. We would wait. Our driver was a very sweet man. Then I don’t know how. A bargain, a bargain We agree to take 60 thousand Tyumen to the places we want to go in Kandovan and Tabriz.. Then we find ourselves on the road to Kandovan. Our taxi driver traveled with us all day. took our photos. Shahriarda recited poems to us. So we took a taxi all day for 24 lira (2018). we were two. It cost 12 lira per person. Isn’t it funny?
We give 4 divisions to enter Kandovan by car. Or you can park outside and walk. There are several hundred people still living in these rock-carved cave houses in Kandovan Village in Osku City, at the foot of Sehend Mountain.. A very authentic settlement. It is located on a volcanic land.
They converted most of the houses below into shops. They live in the houses above. They put Pimapen or something in their windows.. No one is taking pictures. even getting angry. While shooting the view of the city, I also shot the people living there on a roof in the distance.. The man yells at me from afar “no baby nooo” Then I realize they have it in the photo. we laugh. It’s a word we’ve been saying all through our Iran trip. No one is taking pictures. I guess they got tired of the tourists. Even the children run. Make sure to add 700 years old Kandovan to your route. Stay overnight if you have time. Get souvenirs. Remember.
5. Cuma Masjid
Our trip to Iran is very comfortable. I’ve never been to a country like this by taxi.. Said our taxi driver now takes us back to Tabriz traffic. That traffic intimidates me for a moment.. I say “Good thing Said”. He gives us a tour of the Friday Mosque. Friday Masjid was one of the buildings belonging to Tabriz Bazaar. It is right across the Constitutional House.
The Friday Masjid, an important historical building from the Great Seljuk Period in Iran, should definitely be among the places to see in Tabriz. When you go to Iran, you will see that the mosques in Iran are full of sleeping men lying at full length.. They use mosques for rest. You can’t enter some sections because of people sleeping. Do I jump over it? Friday Masjid has no entrance fee.
6. Tabriz Grand Bazaar
Tabriz Grand Bazaar was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010. Tabriz Grand Bazaar is the largest Grand Bazaar in the world.. The bazaar, which is similar to our Grand Bazaar, is 7 km long.. he has a lot of arms. What do you get if you don’t get lost?. We got lost a lot because. This bazaar was very important because Tebriz was on the Historical Silk Road at the time.. Exactly 24 caravanserais are heirlooms from those active days.. The gold and jewelery section is called Amir Bazaar, and the pilgrims section is called Muzafferiye. You will see lots of carpets while walking around the bazaar.. In fact, everything is divided into sections.. Painting-like carpets, magnificent Persian fabrics were the things that impressed me the most.. I left the fabric buying job to the return, so as not to carry it.. By forgetting that you should not postpone anything, that if you are going to do something, you have to do it in that moment, and there is no such thing as later.. It’s a shame.
7. Mausoleum of Poets (Makberetüş-Şuera)
When poets are mentioned in Iran, the flowing water stops. If you’re going to be a poet, be born in Iran, live there. Poets’ Mausoleum (Makberetush-Shuera) The resting place of countless writers, poets and thinkers who lived in Iran. It stands out with the statues of poets inside. There are 410 poets’ graves here. Esad Tusi, who was buried in 1072, is the oldest tomb here.
Our taxi driver persistently takes us to the tomb of the famous poet Şehriyar. The poet, whose real name is Muhammed Hüseyin Behzat Tabrizi, is known by the name Shahriyar. His most famous poem is Heyder Baba. Said reads us this poem. Since Shahriar died on September 18, that day has been declared as National Poetry Day every year in Iran.. I think I could explain better why poets should live in Iran.. Poets’ Mausoleum entrance fee is 10 thousand Tyumen (2018)
They embroidered Şehriyar‘s photo on the carpet. Who knows what has gone through so many frowned eyebrows. I’m watching the poems and photos of the most sullen man I’ve ever seen in my life.. Impossible not to be impressed. If we didn’t have such a taxi driver, we would probably skip this place.
Performers, poets and writers living in Iran used to come here every afternoon, playing music and reciting poems.. we did not come across. Maybe it was because the Tomb of the Poets Monument (Makberetüş-Şuera) was under renovation when we went.. Or the time was right. Don’t miss it.
Finally, let me share the contact number of taxi driver Sait, who helped us a lot: +98 914 662 42 52 Maybe when you go to Tabriz it helps you too.
8. Tabriz Ark Fortress (Arg-e Tabriz)
Arg-e Tabriz ie Tabriz Ark Fortress Taceddin Ali Shah had it built as a mosque by the Ilkhanids who established the rule. Then they used it for weapons storage, training center, and most terrifyingly, for death sentences.. Tabriz Ark Castle, also known as Masjid-i Alişah with its 26-meter-high, 10-meter-thick walls, is one of the symbols of Tabriz. When it arrives in the evening, its door is closed and we can only see it from the outside.
9. Shah Lake (El Lake)
As Iran is dry and desert in general, green areas, parks and water are very important to them.. One of the two Tabriz residents says Shah Lake, nothing more.. Bahman, in whose house we were guests, ran away from work and came to us and took us to Shah Lake as he grabbed our arm.. Is it beautiful? Yes, but nothing too interesting for us. It is surrounded by tea gardens. After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Shah Lake was started to be known as El, or People’s Lake. Shah Lake is old name but still the people call it by the same name.
While walking around the lake a building in the distance will catch your attention. This building is Kaçkar Palace from the Kaçkarlar Dynasty. Shah Lake is currently used as a restaurant, tea garden and park.. It has hiking trails.. Formerly, it was the summer residence of the Kaçkar Dynasty. The depth of this pool was also 12 meters.. No swimming. Red fish are the only creatures that can swim. We take a little walk, take lots of photos, drink our tea against the lake and leave.. Will you go?
10. Kaçar Museum- Emir Nizam House
Hachar Khanate Emir Nizam House is spread over an area of 1200 square meters. The building, which serves as the Qajar Museum today, was built as the palace of the Qajar Khanate.. The building, which started in the 1700s, was completed in the 1800s.
11. Behnam House
Behnam House, which is used as Tabriz Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development Faculty today, was built as a summer palace.. The house, spread over 3 thousand hectares, is worth seeing with its stained glass windows and stonework.
12. Tabriz Constitutional House
Tabriz Constitutional Monarchy was built in 1868 by Haji Mehdi Koozekonani. During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, it became a meeting place for the supporters of the revolution.. It was recognized as the cultural heritage of Iran in 1975.. The building we saw while passing by is the place where tourists show the most attention.. Seeing from the outside is enough for us.
13. Tabriz Clock Tower
The building, which was built in 1934, displays the golden key, old photographs and old maps of Tabriz. The building, which is the administrative center today, once served as the Tabriz Municipality building. A German architect designed the building, which was built by thinking like an eagle with its wings spread.. If you ask me, I couldn’t see wings either, on the eagle.
14. St. Stephanos Monastery
This monastery from the 9th century is located on the border of Jolfa. You may be surprised, but a considerable number of Christian Armenian citizens live in Iran. It is one of the oldest and preserved monasteries in St. Stephanos Monastery.. Today, the monastery, which is still open for worship, is located in the canyon formed by the Aras River.. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008, the monastery’s dome, stone-carved walls and wooden carved door are very beautiful.. we didn’t go here. You can add it to your list.
15. Mount Eynali
Mountain Eynali is one of the places I did not go and I am very sad that I could not go.. We left the way here for the return.. On the way back, we said that we would pass through Tabriz and we would go here too, but you see it doesn’t work.. The reason I wanted to see it was because there were rainbow formations.. You can reach the 1800 meters high mountain by cable car or by climbing the stone stairs.. The real easy way is to drive on the asphalt road.
According to a common belief, the Zoroastrian religion was founded on the top of this mountain.. At the same time, on the top of the mountain, Hz.. It is believed to be the tomb of Ali’s two sons.. The name of the mausoleum is Un İbn-i Ali and it is only open on Fridays. A Martyrs’ Monument rises on the top of Eynali Mountain . There are 7 martyrs’ graves there, but it is unknown who they belong to.. We thought we didn’t go at first, but we did.. It’s funny but we don’t even realize. The famous electrician brother Ahmet and his family took us to a mountain on our last night to show the view of Tabriz at night.. They called it Mirror Mountain. By Allah, I realized that I was going there while writing the article.. You can’t travel like this, but. Like a joke. I noticed it after looking at my notes.
You should go here for Tabriz panoramic view. The night view was amazing. You can also go to Eynali Mountain by minibus by paying 1500 Tumen (0.50 kuruş 2018).. They used to gather here on Fridays and do sports.. It gets very crowded on Fridays.. We went on Saturday and there was no one. This is also a recreation area.. Brother Ahmet, his sister, his relatives, young people, two cars went here.. We ate our doner kebabs. I don’t count because I didn’t go during the day and I didn’t see those rainbow formations.. A year later, I see rainbow formations that I could not see in Tabriz, in Skazka Canyon in Kyrgyzstan.. You can find that article and its photos HERE .
Where is Tabriz?
Tabriz is the capital of East Azerbaijan province, located between Kuruçay, Eynali and Sehend Mountains. It is located in the north of Iran.
How to Get to Tabriz?
At the beginning of my article, I explained how I got to Tabriz.. I went from Urmia to Tabriz. So how will you go? I will tell Tebriz directions as if there is no Corona, everything is normal. Corona is a temporary thing after all.. So I hope. Let me first start by saying that there are direct flights to Tabriz.. This is the easiest option. Another option is to come to Van by plane and cross the border by land, as we did.. There are direct buses from Van to Tabriz.. It is also possible to travel from Van to Tabriz by train.. At the time this article was written, only air transportation is provided to Iran.. The article will update itself as conditions change.
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When to go to Tabriz?
It would be logical to go to Tabriz in the spring. High temperature in summer and sharp cold in winter prevent you from enjoying your travels.. I went in October. The weather was beautiful.
How many days to visit Tabriz?
Two days are enough for Tabriz. We visited Kandovan in 1.5 days, but if you have time, you can organize a stay in Kandovan for one night.
What is Tabriz Language?
East Azerbaijan province Tabriz, so the mother tongue is Persian but Azeri It is very common to speak Turkish.
While wandering around Mount Eynali and looking at the night view of Tabriz, our mind was always on our bus to Tehran.. One of the two phrases is “We don’t miss the bus, do we?” was happening. They were comfortable but on the way to the bus I guess the wheels of the car didn’t touch the ground. We caught the bus at the last minute. We collected so many good memories. We met new people. Here, too, our Tabriz adventure is over.. Now tell me, is there anything in Tabriz? Isn’t there?
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