About Sanandaj<\/strong>
\nEven by Iran\u2019s super-hospitable standards, Sanandaj is a remarkably friendly city. It\u2019s the capital of Kordestan province, a good base for visits to Palangan and a great place to learn more about Kurdish history and culture. You\u2019ll see plenty of men wearing traditional cummerbunds and baggy Kurdish trousers. Yet it\u2019s a modern, noticeably prosperous city with a large, fashionable population of students ever anxious to try out their English. In Sanandaj\u2019s Sorani-Kurdish ju-an means beautiful and deso hoshbe means thank you.<\/p>\n

Busily commercial Ferdosi St links the twin centres Enqelab and Azadi Sqs. From the latter, Abidar St slopes up into the folds of a rocky ridge that was the city\u2019s historic defence and is today the pleasant Abidar mountain park.<\/p>\n