Ghasr Garden & Museum

For your spare time

It isn’t the best place to visit as a tourist. Yet, if you have seen anywhere else, or if you are especially interested in visiting prisons, it can be a good option.

Haunting and Beautiful

It started life as a palace, then a prison and now a museum. This place really is beautiful hidden gem in Tehran. The museum itself focuses on its life as a former penitentiary. You can explore the c...

I did not like it

1. It's building has been constructed by order of "FATH ALI SHAH" at 1213 hijri. He was the second Shah ( Qajar emperor) of Iran. But the main buildings has been destroyed 2. By order of Reza shah Pa...

A must see!

I didn't know what to expect from this but I ended up spending almost 3 hours here. The museum in the prison was set up by a group of former prisoners from pre-revolution days. It is extensive and ver...

closed prison

this is actually a closed prison, its old name was "ZENDANE GHASR" before and it was not a nice place. now it is. it is interesting to see as a museum and a prison in the same time remind me of ALCATR...