Tehran Sights

White Palace

#24 of 95 things to do in Tehran

#78 of 499 things to do in Iran

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  • Address
    • Valiasr Ave, Taheri St Tajrish Sq Area Sa'd Abad Museum Complex
  • Price
    • Complex entrance IR5000
  • Hours
    • 8:30-16:00, to 17:00 summer

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Lonely Planet review for White Palace

What is now called the White Palace was built between 1931 and 1936 and served as the Pahlavi summer residence. The two bronze boots outside are all that remain of a giant statue of Reza Shah – he got the chop after the revolution. The 5000-sq-metre, 54-room palace is no Versailles. Instead it’s a modern building filled with a hodge-podge of extravagant furnishings, paintings and vast made-to-measure carpets. The tiger pelt in the office, among other things, reveals the shah as a man of dubious taste, though in fairness pelts were more in vogue in the 1950s.

 

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