Things to do in Qazvin
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Aminiha Hosseiniyeh
Tucked away in a walled rose garden is the well-preserved 1773 Aminiha Hosseiniyeh. It’s a private mansion that doesn’t look much from outside, but has a splendidly gaudy wood, glass and mirror interior and a refreshingly cool, brick vaulted basement. A great place to unwind and write up your diary in peace.
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Chaykhaneh Aqaqia
This wonderfully unpretentious, cheap and down-market all-male teahouse has chess and nard to play. Easily missed, the entrance is on the left off a covered access-way to the workaday Sadd Sultani caravanserai.
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Hezardasan
Hezardasan makes a valiant attempt at giving its cellar room that sofrakhane sonati feel, but the overall effect is a little too neat to be memorable. Its delicious qimeh nasar comes mounded into barberry rice.
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Ali Qapu
The much more massive Ali Qapu was originally a 16th-century gateway to the royal precinct, a kind of forbidden inner city. Today it’s a police post so don’t take photographs.
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Nakhajir Camping Shop
Nakhajir Camping Shop sells great-value camping gear including head torches (IR30,000 to IR50,000), sprung hiking sticks (IR70,000) and 1:300,000 Farsi maps of the Alborz (IR15,000).
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Qazvin Museum
This spacious modern museum predominantly features 19th- century decorative arts but the bottom floor has some 3000-year-old bronzes and ceramics from the Alamut Valley.
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Nobahar
This is a fairly large, comparatively low-stress bazaar eatery that serves stews (including qimeh nasar ), which you can choose by pointing at the relevant kitchen cauldron.
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Eghbali
Prices are high and despite the odd fake stone frieze there isn’t much atmosphere. Nonetheless it’s popular with travellers for its English menu and reliable food.
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Safa Hammam
Safa Hammam is the best known of Qazvin’s traditional subterranean bathhouses to remain active. The domed central rest area is attractive. Men only.
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Pizza Yekta
Designer off-line windows add a little architectural smile to this popular air-conditioned fast-food place. There is a bit more seating upstairs.
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Rah Kushk Gate
Rah Kushk Gate is a dinky little Qajar decorative remnant of Qazvin’s once-vast city walls.
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Tehran Gate
Tehran Gateis a dinky little Qajar decorative remnant of Qazvin’s once-vast city walls.
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Calligraphy Museum
Inside the royal palace Chehel Sotun is a new calligraphy museum.
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