[IRAN] Tehran – Grand Bazaar

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Tehran Grand Bazaar is a historical market in Tehran. Besides shops, Tehran Grand Bazaar also has banks, mosques and guest houses. It’s like a “city within a city”.



Near the Golestan Palace is the busy street of Manochehr Khani Alley.





It seemed like a flee market to me.





Vendor selling fresh fruit juice.



From here, we entered one of the many entrances of Tehran Grand Bazaar.



While the bazaar-like construction as a whole dated as far back as 4,000 BC, Tehran Grand Bazaar is not this old. Many parts of the bazaar were being constructed or rebuilt within the last 200 years.







It does however has many unique designed domes.







These corridors seem to be specializing in selling clothes.



A local mosque in the bazaar compound.









If you were expecting it to be something like the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, you might be disappointed. Tehran Bazaar isn’t catered for tourist, it’s more for the locals and wholesalers. It is less well maintained and managed.







Old Jame Mosque inside the bazaar.





The items sold at the Bazaar are generally cheap as most of the items are made in China.





The Grand Bazaar of Tehran is huge and is split into several maze of corridors over 10km long. So many shops at the bazaar where you can spend days without being able to see it all.









Around noon, the bazaar is busier as compared to the morning. Even the locals come out to shop.







A more modern part of the bazaar.







Bought some souvenirs here.



Carpet shops in the bazaar. Hand made Persian carpets are not cheap. A medium sized carpet will set you back at USD 600. 



Royal (Shah) Mosque in Tehran Bazaar.







After walking for many hours window shopping and exploring the bazaar, I didn’t have the strength to carry on and called it a day.



Finally out of the maze-like bazaar. Outside the bazaar, there are plenty of stores lining up selling local products.
















I bought a small Persian carpet. It’s cheap too because it’s factory made and not hand made. It cost around USD 6 per piece. There are still plenty of places of interest to visit in Tehran. Stay tune.