Tehran Mellat Park

In this article, we will try to describe all the tourist attractions in Mellat Park in Tehran, which is one of the tourist centers in Tehran, along with its details. This article is actually a tourism guide to Tehran's Mellat Park.

In this guide, you will learn about the attractions and recreations of Mellat Park as well as its amenities.

We will also talk about the Mellat Cinema Campus and its facilities. We will also review the park's history.

Finally, we will talk about the experience of foreign tourists in this park, as well as ways to access it.

What are the amusements and attractions of Mellat park?

Mellat Park is one of the most attractive amusement parks in Tehran that is suitable for all ages. Here are some of the sights and amusements in the park.

1. Park entrance

One of the most beautiful parts of Mellat Park is the spectacular entrance that invites you to walk around this beautiful park with colorful flowers, artistic sculptures, urban elements, small waterfronts and trees.

Next to it, the smooth surface of the entrance to the Mellat Garden has become a perfect place for skateboarders and scooters to play safely.

Occasionally you may also see youngsters and teenagers who drive control cars and bring the excitement of driving on big tracks with small cars on the small tracks of the park.

5. Smokey Train

On the south side of the park is the first Iranian diesel train, which took the people of Tehran to the shrine of Shah Abdol Azim in 1887.

The train is now on its own rails in Mellat Park and is one of the attractions of the park.

11. Having something to eat

Walking into a park of this size makes you hungry. If you are planning to buy something, don't worry, coffee shops and fast food by the lake are good options for a delicious meal or evening snacks.

On the other side of the park, there are small stands where you can buy ice cream, juice, tea and other snacks.

You should know, of course, that the price of food and snacks at Mellat Park is higher than that of the usual Tehran restaurants.

Important note: There is no longer any trace of fast food and coffee shops around the lake and other buffets inside the park. You can visit the buffet and shops around the park for snacks and return to the park to eat them.

These shops may, however, be re-opened when you are reading this article.

12. Picnic and photography

If you would like to spend more time in the park, you can cook something and head to the Mellat Garden for a picnic.

You should note, however, that there is no possibility as at Taleghani or Chitgar Gardens to fire and prepare food in that way. So just take ready-made food and some snacks.

Mellat Park is one of the most popular places in Tehran for photography. Here at any time of day, you can see different people recording beautiful moments and taking pictures with their mobile phones or professional cameras. 

So don't miss the opportunity and start taking nice photos.

Where is the Mellat cinema campus?

The Cinema Campus is a cultural attraction of the Mellat Garden, built with an interesting and different structure that stuns the eyes.

The campus is one of the premier galleries of Tehran and the country and hosts various art and film festivals each year.

Mellat's campus is set on a 6,000-square-meter land and has four cinemas with a capacity of 280 and a single one (special cinema) with a capacity of 30.

This gallery campus can accommodate up to 2020 people at the time of peak attendance. All movie theaters are equipped with Dolby Digital Broadcasting System. One of the cinemas is an old one, which is used for conferences and concerts.

What facilities does the Mellat Campus have?

• Exhibition spaces for various art galleries
• Restaurant
• Coffee shop and buffet
• Book Cafe
• Cultural stores
• Firefighting system
• 120 car parking lot on the west side of Mellat Park
• Online ticket purchase

If you would like to know about the latest onscreen movies and galleries and buy tickets online in advance, you can visit the Mellat Gallery Campus website.

Contact information of the Mellat Cinema Campus

The contact information of Mellat Cinema Campus is as follows:

• Contact number: 23162
• Internal 101 for tracking and troubleshooting online purchases from the site
• At the normal time of the year you can call from 10 am to 8pm.
• The time of contacting in Ramadan is 12am to 8pm.

What amenities for tourists at Mellat Park?

All kinds of amenities are provided for tourists in Tehran's Mellat Park. These include:

• Clean restrooms
• Praying room
• Benches and pavilions for relaxation and friendly chats
• Restaurant
• Buffet
• Parking
• Drinking water
• Flower clinic

Ways to access Mellat Park

To access Mellat Park, you must reach at the address below.

Address: Niayesh Boulevard Vali-e-Asr St, Tehran

The ways to get to Tehran Mellat Park are as follows:

Bus:

 The best way to get to Mellat Park is using the BRT Bus line seven. You have to get off the bus at Niayesh Station or Mellat Park station and walk to the park. Line seven includes buses of Parkway-Rah Ahan and Tajrish-Rah Ahan.

Taxi: 

From Vanak Square take a taxi to the park and get off in front of the park. Note that Valiasr Street is one-way to the south from Parkway and only BRT buses can go south.

Private car:

If you want to get to Mellat Park with your car, you have to reach Valiasr Ave, at the beginning of Niayesh Highway. Mellat Park has a parking lot in the west where you can park your car at a little cost.

What are the attractions around Mellat Park?

You can plan your time to visit the tourist attractions around Mellat Park.

You can visit the following attractions near the park:

• Enghelab sports Club, 1.8 km
• Cinema Museum, 8 km
• Iranian Garden Complex in Deh Vanak, 4 Km

Mellat Park History

During the reign of the Second Pahlavi, Farah, the wife of Mohammad Reza Shah, decided to build a park on a wasteland next to Valiasr Street or the former Pahlavi street, but the location of the land was such that it should be designed in two phases.

They commissioned the design of the garden to the contemporary Iranian architect Iraj E'tesam and he designed the park inspired by English parks and with irregular design.

Of course, the website of the Tehran Municipality Parks and Landscape Organization considers an English person named Poulsen as the designer of the park.

Phase one of Mellat Park was inaugurated in 1968 in parallel to Valiasr Street. Due to its distinctive design style, this phase became known as roadside Boulevard and was 1000 meters long.

The second phase was exploited in 1974. After the complete inauguration, the Mellat Garden can reach from the south to the current Niayesh Boulevard, from the west to the Enghelab Club and from the north to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

The park was known as Shahanshahi Park in the years before the revolution and was renamed after the Revolution.

Experience of foreign tourists visiting Tehran Mellat Park

From the point of view of foreign tourists, people who come to our country from other cultures and societies and look at our works and attractions in a different way can help our people and authorities to be aware of their strengths and weaknesses.

This will allow city officials to get help in future planning.

We also get to know some of the views of foreign tourists visiting the Mellat Park in Tehran.

These comments have been posted on the valid Trip Advisor website, and according to them, many people have decided to go to the park or choose another place to take a tour.

Roses and picnics

A beautiful park with vast lawns, lots of trees and spectacular roses. Be sure to smell them, they are very fragrant.

You have no problem communicating here with the locals, they even invite you to their picnic table, accept their invitation and enjoy a good meal.

Tourist from the Netherlands, Date of visiting May 2018 

A great place to relax and watch the birds

Here you will find many kind locals who like to talk to you; many of them have an excellent command of English and speak well. It is very difficult not to accept their warm invitation to tea.

Tourist from Turkey, Date of visiting April 2018

A fantastic park

This is one of the best parks in Tehran and there are great restaurants and cafes around it. You will enjoy being there.

Tourist from America, Date of visiting January 2017 

Better than water and fire park

The park has plenty of places to sit, whether on the couch, on the ground or under the trees, you can easily picnic here, read a book or play with your friends.

The park is generally clean and well taken care of. There is even a zoo here where you can see birds, deer, goats and so on and become sad why they are kept in a cage.

Here are some restaurants where you can buy drinks and food. You can also easily bike and hike on park routes.

Tourist from Oman, Date of visiting June 2017

What are the plant species of Mellat Park?

The greenery and the plant species make this park beautiful. Out of the 34 hectares of parkland, about 23 hectares is grassland, 2.3 hectares is forestry and 2 hectares is flowering.

Most of the woodland is in the north of the park and the lawn in the south of the park.

This garden has a variety of trees including Cedrus, Cottonwood, Plane trees, Acacia, Weeping willow, cypress, European ash, Viburnum, Yucca, Purple, Bay laurel, Ligustrum, Shrub, and 120 species of shrubs and fruit trees such as apples, apricots, peaches, berries, bananas, persimmon, figs, etc.

Delightful shades of the park are the result of tall trees such as maple, Tabrizi, Cottonwood, poplar, sycamore, acacia, Abel tree, cypress, silver spruce, Candila pine, lilac, Lonicera fragrantissima, jasmine and Buxus and ...