Tour Details:

• Departure Place: Lobby of your hotel
• Departure Date: Everyday afternoon
• Departing Time: At 17:00 in the afternoon (Please be ready 15 minutes before departure)
• Returning Time: Around 21:00
• The primary transportation vehicle: Tourist vehicle
• State Visited: Tehran
• Most Activity: between 1 to 3 hours walking

 Itinerary:

• Day 1: Tehran
  • Zurkhaneh literally means "House of Strength" in Persian and were for many centuries center for traditional system of athletics originally use to train warriors in Iran and neighboring states. Traditional Iranian wrestling (koshti) dates back to ancient Persia and Parthia and was alleged to have been practiced by Rostam (mythological hero of the Shahnameh epic). When the Arabs invaded Persia, the zourkhanehs served as a private meeting place where knights would take aim and keep alive a feeling of solidarity and nationalism. Invaders repeatedly targeted the houses of strengths to discourage rebels, but young ones would always be devised in a different position. Tracing the spread of Shia Islam, and especially after the growth of Sufism in the 8th century, varzesh-e pahlavani absorbed philosophical and spiritual components from it. Religious hymns were incorporated into training, and the first Shi'ite Imam Ali was adopted as the zourkhaneh patron.