Tour of Tehran in Nowruz: Shemiranat to Ray
Tehran tours are held every year in Nowruz; In these tours, visits to museums, historical places, and participation in celebrations have been arranged, and among these, Shemiranat in the north of Tehran and Ray in the south of Tehran play a prominent role.
Ray is considered a good tourist destination in Tehran during Nowruz due to its history and historical places and Shemiranat due to its location and mountainous weather. From Kan Gardi, Derka, and Darband in Shimirnat to Tughrel Tower and visiting the shrine of Abdul Azim (PBUH) in Ray, every tourist’s heart will melt for a fun day in Tehran.
The Tourism Headquarters of the Vice-Chancellor of Cultural and Social Affairs of Tehran Municipality has prepared an extensive program for this year, and according to Amir Ghasemi, head of this headquarters, 18 half-day tours of Tehran have been planned, including the “Art in Time” tour with the route of the Museum of Time and the Museum of Cinema. “History in the passage of time” with the route of Moghadam Museum and Timurtash House (War Museum), “Museum Tour” with the route of National Bank Museum, Sardar Bagh National Museum and Property Museum, “Sardar Bagh National” tour with the route of Communication Museum, Science Museum and Technology, the head of the National Garden (Masakh square), the tour of the “Si Tir Pass” museums with the route of the Islamic Era Museum, the Abgineh Museum, Si Tir Street and the Iranian Armenian Museum of Anthropology, the “Nature Tour” with the route of the Botanical Garden and Shahadai Khaleej Lake Fars is a “Garden tour” with a bird garden and a miniature museum garden.
According to this official, “Government Gate” tour with the path of the doll museum, gas station and painting behind the glass, “Dafine” tour with the path of the Iranian Money Museum, Henarjahan Museum, Gem Museum and historical arrays, “Heft Chenar” tour with the path of Imamzadeh Masoum. A) and Haft Chenar Natural Artifacts and Wildlife Museum, Ferdowsi to Abu Said tour with the route of Ferdowsi Street, Istanbul Crossroads, Jomohri Street, Baharestan Square, 15 Khordad Street, “Dolat Gate to Boali Hesar” tour with Istanbul Crossroads, Square Ferdowsi, Dolat Gate, Saadi St., Mokhbar al-Doleh, Baharestan, Amir Kabir St., Imam Khomeini Square (RA), “Gazer Naderi” Tour with Imam Khomeini Square (RA), Sardarbagh Melli, Mashakh Square, Si Tir St., Jumohri Sharq St., Square Baharestan, Siros Pass tour with the route of Si Tir St., Jumohri Sharq St., Baharestan Square, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Mostafa Khomeini St., Amirkabir St., “Sarpol Tajrish Pass” tour with the Sarpol Tajrish St., Waliasr St. South, Ferdous Bagh, Museum Cinema, water and fire garden, dovecote, nature bridge and “royal train” tour are among other planned programs.
He continued: Night tours of Tehran are also conducted for free using tourist buses from Abbas Abad station to Milad Tower and then Azadi Tower from 19:00 to 24:00. Also, these tours will be held from the shrine of Hazrat Abdulazim Hosni (AS) to the tourist places of the 20th region from 15:00 until Maghrib Azan.
The Head of the Tourism Headquarters of the Vice-Chancellor of Cultural and Social Affairs of Tehran Municipality added: Running walking tours with the presence of tourist guides is another special Nowruz program of the Tourism Headquarters of Tehran Municipality, which is dedicated to visiting places that have a common theme or are adjacent to each other and do not require a rider. And they don’t have to get out of the car.
He pointed out: In this context, 23 walking tourism routes have been considered, which can be considered as art to music tourism, literary tourism, resistance tourism, Ken Gardi, art to carpet, Valiasr street, tea and iron tour, Hasan Abad square, Iranian art, Masakh square, Ala-ud-Daula crossing, Imam Khomeini square, Qajar era and also the religious passage, Baharestan, Pamnar, Mirza Mahmoud Wazir crossing, Lale Zar, around Shahada Square, in the presence of Sheikh Sadouq, Ray and in the presence of Hazrat Abdulazim Hosni ( A) pointed out.
Ghasemi specifically listed Nowruz reading programs, Tehran in the photo frame of Nowruz and tour with the first-time fasting in the spring of Iran as other programs of the tourism headquarters of Tehran Municipality and said: these tourism tours are for the first-time fasting of the residents of Tehran, which are organized in 352 neighborhoods of Tehran. will be
Referring to the special program of smoke-free tourism in Iran’s spring, he said: cycling tours are also planned in regions 1 and 12 with the slogan “Smoke-free city”.
These tours are also held in other regions, but these tours will be performed in a special way every day in these two regions. The Head of the Tourism Staff of the Vice-Chancellor of Cultural and Social Affairs of Tehran Municipality stated: Providing telephone consultation services is one of the new and different services compared to previous years, which citizens can use by contacting the 137 Plus system and getting the relevant code. To provide this service, an Institute of Tehranology has been used, which provides answers and necessary information to citizens’ questions.
He added: Mobile Studio is another important program during Nowruz. This studio is located in a furnished bus that travels in the tourist places of Tehran and will have media activities including interviews with citizens and passengers. Every night for half an hour, the recorded programs of this studio will be broadcast on TV. The one-minute clips of “Tehran Nama” are also made to introduce the tourist places of Tehran, which are broadcasted on various radio and television networks as well as in the virtual space.
These clips will be shown in intercity buses in cooperation with Terminals Organization and also in metro stations in cooperation with Tehran Metro Operating Company.
Referring to other activities of Tehran municipality tourism headquarters, he said: in cooperation with the organization of parks and 22 districts of Tehran municipality, parks have been planned at the entry points of the city to accommodate Nowruz travelers. , Aram and Tossani in region 1, Masafir in region 4, Sarkheh Hesar in region 13, Masafir in region 15, Baath in region 16, Velayat and Afra in region 19, Zaer, Danesh and Madras in region 20, Khadijah (S) in District 21 and Chitgar in District 22.
The Head of the Tourism Staff of the Deputy Cultural and Social Affairs Department of Tehran Municipality also said: Also, during the days of Nowruz, for better service to travelers and guests of Nowruz, in the high-traffic areas of the 22 districts and at the entry points of the city of Tehran, including bus terminals, railways, airports, and information stations. And the reception of Nowruz has been considered that in these stations, Nowruz packages and tourism information are presented to the citizens and guests of Nowruz.
He pointed out: In these Nowruz packages, a map of Tehran city is placed, on which there are tourist places and museums and museum gardens, the blessed city and restaurants of Tehran, entertainment complexes, and on the back of the map are tourist places that belong to Tehran Municipality. , Has been introduced. Nowruz discount tickets for visiting tourist places are also provided in these packages.
Source: IRNA