Hamedan travel guide
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Why go
Hamedan is one of the oldest cities in the world and a cool, green place in summer, surrounded by the Alvand mountains.
Top sights
- Tomb of Avicenna (Ibn Sina), the great physician-philosopher.
- Ganjnameh, Achaemenid inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes carved in rock.
- Hegmataneh hill, the excavated site of ancient Ecbatana.
- The tomb of Esther and Mordecai, and the poet Baba Taher's tomb.
- Ali Sadr Cave, explored by boat (100 km away).
Getting there
Buses from Tehran (5 h), Qazvin and Kermanshah.
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