One day in Harsīn, Iran

A day through Harsīn’s best-known sights that lie close together: Farhad Tarash, Bisotun Old Caravanserai, Behistun, Behistun inscription, Heracles statue and Vologases relief. 6 stops, about 1.2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Farhad TarashMonument · On the map
  2. Bisotun Old CaravanseraiPalace · 0.4 km on from Farhad Tarash · On the map
  3. BehistunLandmark · 0.2 km on from Bisotun Old Caravanserai · On the map
  4. Behistun inscriptionMonument · 0.3 km on from Behistun · On the map
  5. Heracles statueStatue · 0.1 km on from Behistun inscription · On the map
  6. Vologases reliefMonument · 0.2 km on from Heracles statue · On the map

6 stops, 1.6 km on foot along the streets: about 21 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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