Tabriz Entertainment

Entertainment in Tabriz

  1. Valiasr's Karimkhan (Bozorg) Sq

    About 4km east of Abaresan Crossing is the wealthy if architecturally neutral Valiasr District. While hardly SoHo, it's the nearest Tabriz comes to an entertainment district. The city's gilded youth sip espressos around Valiasr's Karimkhan (Bozorg) Sq and make a nightly passeggiata along pedestrianised Shahriyar St, misleadingly nicknamed Champs Elysées.

    In just a few minutes here we met Iranian punks, tuft-bearded Metallica fans and even spotted a transvestite waggling his/her hips far more provocatively than any woman could dare to.

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  2. A

    Kahveteria Sonati Tarbiat

    Cosy, gently romantic brick-vaulted café for tea and dates (IR10,000) served on porcelain featuring Qajar royalty. Women can smoke a qalyan here without incurring the stares of 40 bemused grey-beards.

    reviewed

  3. B

    Mosbat Cafe

    Marginally the best of Valiasr’s trendy coffee shops thanks to its stylish downstairs triangular tables and wooden ‘bar’ seating. Upstairs is less appealing.

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  4. C

    Orkideh

    Good coffee shop, located a block east of Karimkhan Sq.

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  5. D

    Sharshab

    Good coffee shop, located just south of Karimkhan Sq.

    reviewed