Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran

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The main reason for choosing Tehran's Tajrish Market as one of the most important tourist attractions of Tehran can be the followings:

• It is one of the historical bazaars of Tehran.
• It is located near Imamzadeh Saleh and in the heart of the historic and memorable Tajrish neighborhood.
• There is a great variety of goods with all kinds of prices.
• Going to this bazaar, you can partially be familiar with the atmosphere of old Tehran.
• Aside from touring this old bazaar, you can go to various restaurants and cafes and experience delicacies.

Good Atmosphere in Tajrish Bazaar

The Tajrish market is one of the most famous Iranian and Tehran markets and many come here not for shopping but to enjoy the good atmosphere of this market.

In the Tajrish market, you can travel to the not-so-distant past and put away the sense of stylish passageways.

Be sure that once you get to the Tajrish market, you will be tempted to visit that again.

Nightlife

As time goes by and the sun goes down, many shops around the city are slowly closed and they think about going home but the mobility of multiplies.

One of the biggest attractions of the Tajrish market is the nightlife in and around it, and many go to the Tajrish market at night to enjoy the market atmosphere.

Photography

Photography in the Tajrish market is very popular due to the variety of colors of the products, especially fruits and vegetables, the way people are dressed, the presence of people together, the beautiful building of shops and much more, and many in Tehran Choose there for professional photography.

Having something to eat

You've been shopping and now you're tired and hungry?!

Don't worry, the Tajrish market and the surrounding neighborhood offer a variety of places to eat.

Take advantage of traditional Iranian cafés and restaurants that offer delicious Kebabs and stews and new cafés where you can have a hot coffee with your friends.

If you are a fan of Ash and Halim, you are in Tehran's best place to eat these traditional foods.

Tajrish is famous for its traditional Ash and everyone has tasted them at least once.

If you have craving for fresh bread, there are several bakery shops on the market where you can buy a variety of traditional and fresh bread. Don't miss these pleasures.

Tekyeh Tajrish

Going to the end of the Tajrish bazaar you reach a large courtyard that is the market for fruit and vegetables, but if you look closely at the signs you will find that you are in the great and famous Tajrish Tekyeh.

It is one of the oldest Tekyeh in Tehran, dating back to the Qajar era and 220 years ago.

This Tekyeh is so significant that it has been listed in the National Iranian List of Works in October 2004.

This Tekyeh is for the time of Muharram, Arbaeen Hosseini, and Fatemieh which are religious morning days. 

Nuts and dried fruits

Iran is known worldwide for the high-quality nuts and dried fruits it produces each year, so it should not be surprising to see shops in the Tajrish market selling these types of products.

Fruit and vegetables

The freshness and smell of the fruit and vegetable of the Tajrish market are enough to make you buy them, but it doesn't end there.

Every time you walk into Tajrish's market, you come across another strange fruit that you have never seen or heard of anywhere else.

Pickles

The Tajrish market is also famous for its variety of delicious, sour and colorful products.

When shopping in different parts of the market, do not forget to watch and buy their lovely pickles. There is so much here that you are surprised by the new name and shape of pickles every time.

Fashion jewelry and rosary

Another thing you can take home from Tajrish's market is fashion jewelry and rosary.

Alongside these, you can also find shops for gold, traditional and modern bakery, draperies, electronics and more.

Apart from all these, traces of foreign dolls, cheap Chinese clothing, prayer books, bags and shoes, world-class CD cartoons can also be found.

Tajrish bazaar access routes

Address: Tajrish Market, Tajrish Neighborhood, Tehran

There are various options available for you to reach the Tajrish bazaar that we will consider here.

Public transportation

To reach the Tajrish market, you have to reach the Tajrish square. You can use the subway, BRT buses and taxis for this.

Metro:

The last station of Tajrish-Kahrizak (Red Line or Line 1) is Tajrish Station, it is also the deepest metro station in Tehran.

At the station, you have to go up the four escalators to reach the ground, so if you have a knee joint problem, it is better to either use the elevator or not take the subway and take the bus and taxi instead.

BRT Bus:

The last station of the 7th line of Tajrish-Rah Ahan BTR Bus also stops at the end of Valiasr Square and near Tajrish Square and Market. So if you want to get here by bus it is one of the best options to get to the market, but this is not the only bus line that will lead to Tajrish. The Resalat-Qods bus line also stops at Qods Square at the end of Shariati Street and near Tajrish Square and can be a good choice to reach the Tajrish market.

Taxi:

There are direct taxis to Tajrish Square and Qods Square from many parts of Tehran. You can also use them to get to the bazaar.

Personal car

If you are in a personal car and want to buy something from the bazaar, you must reach Quds or Tajrish Square.

It is possible to reach Tajrish Square from Valiasr Street, Zafaraniyah and Niavaran neighborhoods.

On the other hand, the road to Shariati Street ends at Quds Square, which is a short distance from Tajrish Square.

The only problem with using a personal car is parking and traffic jam. Of course, in recent years there has been some parking near the Tajrish market and square, but given the number of cars entering this neighborhood, these parking lots are not enough.

Tajrish market entrances

This market, in addition to its main route, has access to the passages such as Qaem passages. Also, a section of this market opens to Imamzadeh Saleh and its neighboring Husseiniyeh.

Attractions around Tajrish Market

Now that you have come to Tajrish neighborhood, it is advisable to include some of the famous attractions in the area beside the Tajrish market in your list. Here are some of them:

• Imamzadeh Saleh: In the neighborhood of Tajrish market
• Darband: Approximate distance 3.7 km
• Ferdows Cinema and Garden Museum: Approximate distance 2.4 km
• Saadabad complex: Less than 5 minutes to access it.
• Niavaran Palace: Approximate distance 3.5 km
• Green Palace: Approximate distance 2 km

Tajrish Bazaar History

Tajrish Bazaar is the oldest bazaar in the Shemiran area in the north of Tehran and is a small example of the capital's Grand Bazaar.

Some sources say that the bazaar dates back to seventy years ago, but some old tradesmen say the site is 150 years old. However, some of the structures in this place are older than this, such as the famous Tajrish Tekyeh, which is said to have been in the bazaar since 220 years ago.

But in order to talk about the history of the Tajrish bazaar, we need to tell you a little about Tajrish itself and how it has grown and developed.

The Tajrish neighborhood is located in Shemiran or Shemiranat, but from the beginning, it was not as we see it today, and most of it was covered with large gardens and villages and bungalows.

Nomads and other people came to this bungalow to spend the spring and summer to enjoy the cool weather.

In the spring and summer, in addition to locals, a number of workers from Taleghan, Nain, Lorestan and Natanz and several other cities came to the area to help the gardener.

These workers stayed in Tajrish over time, and the Tajrish population grew.

When Reza Shah chose Darband for his resort, it began to be on a more modern form of Tajrish.

The old Shemiran road continued to the end of the old Tajrish road and donkey and mule stations became bus and taxi stations.

All these caused some locals to set up booths near Tekyeh Tajrish and Imamzadeh Saleh by collecting fruit from the gardens of Tajrish, Darabad, Ozgol, and Farmanieh to sell their products there.

The Tajrish bazaar was booming gradually and dairy, butcher's, grocery, and teahouse were added, but until about fifty years ago, booths and shops did not have a legal owner and the entire bazaar had no roof.

The openness of the ceiling caused closing the market in the winter with heavy snowfall and people were getting in trouble for buying their products. So the tradesmen decided to build a roof for the bazaar.

To do this, they covered the market roof with wood and made a roof for each of their shops using wooden beams, bricks, and clay.

In 1973, however, the wooden and tiled ceilings were replaced by metal ones.

These ceilings still existed until a few years ago, until the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization restored the bazaar, giving it a magnificent, traditional look.

At the time of their restoration, they decorated each shop with a traditional tiled inscription in an innovative way and transformed the market into its present form.

This has caused a lot of cultivated wheat fields around the Darakeh neighborhood. Alongside there were nine water mills in the neighborhood to make wheat flour.

Of course today all those mills are gone and some have even become restaurants.

Darakeh was famous for its many stone mines such as white stone, green stone, and mining was one of the main occupations of the people.

Besides, sheep farming, aviculture, gardening, selling snow to the Tehranis, selling wheat from the Shahrastak road to the people of the north have been other occupations of Darakeh until three decades ago.

Darakeh Square, which is today a meeting place for climbers and hikers, did not exist until 50 years ago.

At that time, it was an earthen field and in the south of it there was a path which was the link between the village of Evin and Darakeh and the square was formed after the revolution by a well-known resident, Mr. Seyyed Mohseni.

Travel experience of foreign tourists

Tehran is one of the popular destinations among foreign tourists and many of them have good memories of the city.

Meanwhile, touring the historical texture of the city is one of the attractions of the Iranian capital for foreign tourists and one of their choices for sightseeing is the old Tajrish market.

Here we want to introduce you to some of the foreign tourists who have visited this bazaar.

A tourist from Norway (Date of travel January 2018)

Amazing

The most colorful market with the best smell, full of people, food and jewelry.

Everything here is cheap and you can find just anything you want here.

A tourist from America (Date of travel May 2018)

Attractive traditional bazaar

This bazaar is much smaller but cleaner than the grand Tehran bazaar and is located in the northern part of Tehran.

You can put some time to visit it on the same day after visiting the Saadabad Collection.

A tourist from Singapore (Date of travel December 2018)

A genuine market in the north of Tehran

If you like to visit a genuine bazaar that focuses on local and delicious cuisine, the Tajrish market is a great offer for you, especially spices, dates, fruits, and vegetables.

A better place than Tehran's grand market, which has a very good location in the city.

Our references to prepare Tajrish Baazar Travel guide:

we have used many references to prepare this article. They are some of them in the following:

• Tajrish Bazar in Wikipedia
• History of Tajrish Baazar in nabroo
• Introduction of Tajrish Bazar in Tehran
• Where is Baazar Tajrish?
• Everything about Tajrish Baazar
• Introduction of shopping center in Tajrish
• Introduction of Tehran Tajrish Baazar