Things to do in Rasht
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Kourosh
Kourosh wins no prizes for décor but offers numerous typical Gilani dishes including dill-rich bagilah qotoq, zeitun parvarden (olives in walnut paste) and garlic mast. On a good day the mirza ghasemi (mashed eggplant, squash, garlic, tomato and egg, served with bread or rice) can be superb but the fesenjun (chicken with walnuts) is rather tart.
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Rasht Museum
Rasht Museum is small, but well presented in a 1930s house. Its mannequin displays illustrate Gilaki lifestyle, amid a selection of 3000-year-old terracotta riton drinking horns in the shape of bulls, rams and deer. Supping from such vessels supposedly endowed the drinker with the powers and skills of the animal depicted.
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Gilan Rural Heritage Museum
The excellent Gilan Rural Heritage Museum is 18km south of Rasht (2km off the Qazvin highway). Six full homesteads complete with rice barns are already ‘active’ in 150 hectares of woodland. On open days, local crafts (thatching, mat-making, cloth-weaving) are displayed and there are tight-rope walking mini-shows.
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Bijan’s
Soft Mediterranean music, sepia photos and displays of olive-oil bottles create a delightful atmosphere in this very un-Iranian Italian bistro where talented chef Bijan (trained in Sheffield rather than Sorrento) turns out scrumptious pastas served with huge bowls of Parmesan.
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Hassan Mohit
This delightfully personable English-speaking driver-guide has a refreshingly easy going manner. Hassan can provide scrumptious family meals and homestay beds at Titi ('blossom') Cottage in the semi-rural village of Ebrahim Sara (25km east of Rasht).
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Kumeh
The most interesting of a huddle of restaurants in the Park-e-Shahr area, Kumeh has Irano- Hawaiian covered dining platforms outside. Inside is more standard but sharing a post-prandial qalyan here is an ideal way to meet friendly regulars.
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Horseman Statue
The horseman statue is Kuchuk Khan, the Jangali leader of 'Soviet Iran'. A steady flow of well-wishers visit his mausoleum on Manzariyeh St, sheltered by a contemporary brick gazebo with intricate wooden roof.
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Shahrdari
The Shahrdari is Rasht’s most identifiable landmark, its colonial style tempered by a token mini-dome topping a distinctive whitewashed tower. It looks great when floodlit at night.
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Boof
This big, fast-food outlet has a grey-and-neon battleship interior and is worth visiting if only for the futuristic titanium column sinks in the toilets.
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Restaurant Tak
Three floors of comparatively upmarket dining with Gilani options including torshe tareh, a citrusy dish of local sorrel and egg.
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Pizza Pizza
Comparatively pricey but unusual in having female wait-staff and a children’s play area. Order downstairs; menu in English.
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Saeed Coffee Shop
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Gently stylish café serving good strong espressos. There’s a billiard hall and decent pizzeria in the same block.
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Dana-ye Ali Shrine
Cute little Dana-ye Ali Shrine is topped with a faceted pyramid of blue tiling.
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Farahmand
Souvenirs ranging from Gilaki wooden spoons to amusing wicker frogs are sold at Farahmand.
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Nafis
If you’re looking for more upmarket inlay boxes, this is the place.
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Babak
A stylish green, cream and chrome coffee-bar serving sundaes and shakes.
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