Kandovan - village in Osku County, Iran

Kandovan is an ancient village in Sahand Rural District in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, near the city of Osku.

Understand

Kandovan is known for its rock-cut architecture, particularly its cliff dwellings. The architecture is similar to that of Cappadocia Turkey, with the exception that the houses in Kandovan are still occupied by people.

Get in

By car

Going by car from Tabriz to Osku is easiest way to get there. Kandovan is 18 km from Osku.

Get around

See

Do

Eat

• Melal Restaurant

Drink

Sleep

• Laleh Kandovan Hotel (Kandovan Tourism Cliff (Rocky) Hotel). 5 star, it is the first of its kind in Iran and the second in the world after Turkey's rocky hotel.

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