Chalus Road – Karaj

Baraghan is a small village near Karaj with a fascinating nature. It is surrounded by a forest with a lot trees which possess different colors from green, yellow, orange and red. The Village which has a very long history, is preserved well. In Baraghan you can visit a 700 years old mosque, the...

This Palace (which is currently part of the Agriculture faculty of University of Tehran), once inside the university, you can visit Museum of Zoology and Muzaffari Falahat school; enterance is restricted to the students in working days but if you ask students they take you inside with them,

Khakh-e Morvarid (Pearl palace) is the name of a building from the Pahlavi dynasty located in Mehrshir, district 12 of Karaj municipality. This building was designed and constructed by Wesley Peters and the foundation of Frank Lloyd wright for one million dollars. This palace is now in a bad...

Atashgah is a village, which lies deep in the Alborz mountain range north of Karaj. It needs 20 km of drive in a very beautiful road. The village is very old, and has a lot of ancient structures. One of the most interesting things is Atashgah itself. It means the Zoroastrian fire temple. It belongs...

A huge garden located at Mehrshahr. It makes stunning landscapes in spring and summer. It is 400 Hectares and located near Shams Palace.

This lake expands over 4000 hectares and is located in the Varian Gorge at a 23 km distance on Karaj-Chaloos Road. Pleasant and cool weather is experienced here during the summer season. The lake forms an excellent area for sports such as canoeing, fishing, water skiing, swimming and gliding.

These valleys are located near Karaj. After the construction of the Amir Kabir Dam, the only means of accessibility to the village of Varian is by canoe from the lake of the dam. Hotel Varian provides scope for canoeing and water skiing. This territory experiences a mild and moderate weather in...

Other waterfalls of the province are as follows: Owsoon Waterfall in ‘Darband’, ‘Passang’ Waterfall en route to Sheer Palla shelter, ‘Sootak’ Waterfall north-west of Darband, ‘Shekar Aab’ Waterfall of Maygoon, ‘Fasli Pich Adran’ Waterfall, at 15 km in Karaj - Chaloos Road,...

This river originates from Kandovan and Kahar Bozorg Mountains, and thence joins the Sefid Rood River. This river is 180 km in length, the upper banks of which provide sight-seeing and recreational areas.

This cave is situated in Tehran-Chaloos Road in the district of Gachsar (Azadbar). From this vicinity its an hour of walking distance to the Morad Cave. Low temperature within the cave is as such that even till the months of May/June icicles can be still observed here.

Aderan Bending Waterfall on Karaj-Chalus Road is located in the geographical location E510454 N355553 in Alborz Province. Haft Cheshmeh Waterfall (meaning Seven Springs Waterfall) is 17 kilometers from Karaj-Chalus Road and close to Arangeh Village. It is considered a tourist attraction area. Both...

Pol-e Khab (Sleep Bridge) is a village in Asara District in Karaj County, Alborz Province. This village lies in Adaran Rural District. Pol-e Khab rock climbing area is located 35 kilometers from Karaj. Pol-e Khab wall is a suitable place for rock climbing due its considerable height.