Amazing Walking Tour Through the Safavid Royal Promenade in Isfahan
- ThemeArchitecture
- CodeIRRS34
- Duration3 hr(s)
- Best TimeSPRING | AUTUMN
Walking along the 400-year-old avenue of Isfahan, which is one of the first urban developments of Safavids in Isfahan;
Visiting the still-functioning Safavid theological school built from 1706 to 1714;
Walking through the Rajaei Park, and visiting the royal 17th pavilion of Hasht-Behesht in the middle of the park.
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Amazing Walking Tour Through the Safavid Royal Promenade in Isfahan
You are invited to stroll along the boulevard which once used to be a most beautiful royal promenade flanked by lavish gardens, gardens which must now be sought in history. Though having lost its original Safavid splendor, this historic street is still a nostalgic and enlivening spot for both locals and tourists. What has survived from the magnificent Safavid structures, which bordered the boulevard, is the Chaharbagh School. This route invites you to the Safavid landmarks including the Chaharbagh Boulevard, the Chaharbagh theological school, and Hasht Behesht Palace.
Highlights
Duration : 1 hr(s)
Point Type: STARTING
Literally, Chahar bagh, or Charbagh means four-gardens and refers to two perpendicular paths that create four square gardens. Chaharbagh’s structure and design are notable examples of Persian gardens, encompassing green areas, pavilions and irrigation systems.
Chahar bagh street is a Safavid street constructed between 1597 and 1616, during the reign of Shah Abbas the great. Chahar bagh was the most famous boulevard in not only Isfahan, the capital city of the time, but also in all of Persia. Although this legendary promenade has ...
Duration : 1 hr(s)
Point Type: STOP OVER
Chahar bagh School (Charbagh school)
Nearly in the middle of Chahar bagh street, or more exactly, at the juncture of Chahar bagh and Amadegah streets, you can invite your eyes to a feast of beauty and grandeur. Madreseh Chahar bagh, also known as Madreseh Soltani (King’s School) or Madreseh Madar shah (King’s mother’s school), is one of the last relics of Safavid dynasty in Isfahan. Charbagh school was built during the reign of Shah Sultan Hossein, between 1704 and 1714, to train students in theological and clerical sciences. To have the expenses provid...
Duration : 1 hr(s)
Point Type: ENDING
Hasht Behest Palace is located in the Shahid Rajayi Park. Mohammad-Ali Rajayi was the second president of Iran, assassinated in a terrorist bombing soon after the revolution, and now the park is named after him. Nowadays, Shahid Rajayi Park is full of hustle and bustle: people come and go, retired men sit and talk about their good old days, families gather to have small picnics, and their children play and yell, adding to the merry ambiance of the park. But, when Shah Suleiman ordered the construction of in 1669, the world was of a different color: ordinary people didn’t dare to get close to the Bolbol (nightingale) garden, in which the Hasht Behesht palace was going to be bui...
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Cost Info
- Chahar Bagh Boulevardfree
- Chahar Bagh School2 €
- Hasht-Behesht Palace4 €
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