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Tabriz

Tabriz is the capital of East Azerbaijan province, in the Azerbaijan region of Iran. It is a modern industrialized Iranian city with signs of civilization dating back 2,500 years. Wikivoyage

Population 1,558,693 (Wikidata)

Before you go

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Tabriz. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

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.

Through the year

  1. Watch Akhir-Charshanbeh (Charshanbeh Souri)

    March

    Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri or Chahar-shanbe suri (Persian: چهارشنبه‌سوری, romanized: Čahāršanbe suri, pronounced čāršambe suri; lit. 'The Scarlet Wednesday' or 'Feast of the last Wednesday of the year'), is an Iranian festival of the fire dance…

    Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Tabriz); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

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