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Herat

Herat is a big, relatively wealthy city in western Afghanistan. Wikivoyage

Population 556,205 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Afghanistan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Afghanistan

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • فهیم سوپر مارکت

    1. Monday: 09:00–19:00
    2. Tuesday: 09:00–19:00
    3. Wednesday: 09:00–19:00
    4. Thursday: 09:00–19:00
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 09:00–19:00
    7. Sunday: 09:00–19:00

    09:00–19:00

    1.1 km from the centre

  • ملی سنتر

    No hours mapped

    990 m from the centre

  • مرکز تجاری کسرا

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • مارکت نوروزی

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • مارکت حضرت ها

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Shahabi Market

    No hours mapped

    1.3 km from the centre

  • الماس شرق

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • فروشگاه بزرگ کاکتوس

    No hours mapped

    1.5 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Somewhere to run

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