Why visit Shūsh
Townapedia lists 10 museums and landmarks, 20 parks and trails, 9 places to eat, 4 places to stay and 3 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Susa and Tomb of Daniel.
Weather in Shūsh
Forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Full forecast
About Shūsh
Shush (Persian: شوش) also known as Susa is a city in the Central District of Shush County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
From the Wikipedia article Shoush (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Shūsh on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do3
Susa
Monument and historic site · 1.3 km
Ancient city in Iran, World Heritage site in Iran
Museums and landmarks10
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Tomb of Daniel
Monument and historic site
Mausoleum in Shush, Iranian national heritage site
Parks, trails and playgrounds20
8 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes9
تهیه غذای تک پخت
Restaurant · 1.3 km
رجایی, شهر شوش
Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
آشپزخانه زیتون سبز
Fast food · Arab, Persian · 1.4 km
میدان بسیج
Mo-Sa 00:00-24:00
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship3
Shopping3
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries29
Healthcare8
Map of Shūsh
91 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Vahdati AFB (DEF) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 30 km away.
- Shahrak-e Salmān Fārsī 4 km east, about 4 min by car
- Seyyed Şobhān 4 km west, about 4 min by car
- Balāl 6 km south, about 6 min by car
- Khalaf-e Mosallam 9 km south, about 9 min by car
- Ḩorr 15 km east, about 15 min by car
- Montazeran 16 km northeast, about 16 min by car
- Dezful 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
- Andīmeshk 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Shūshtar 59 km east, about 59 min by car
- Takht-e Qeyşar 61 km east, about 1 h by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Panorama Shush, Blitz1980, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Apadana, a large hypostyle room of 36 columns in the Palace of Darius, Susa, capital of Elam and of the Achaemenid Empire, Iran (46950284624), Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0
- شوش - panoramio, auoob farabi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ground zero (2555808132), dynamosquito from France, CC BY-SA 2.0
- History History IMG 3397 Tomb of Daniel, Iran (4567730149), Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0
- Prophet Daniel monument at susa nights by adel bazmeh, Adel Bazmeh, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Small Hellenistic or Parthian bust, 05F2uIhfx0Rv, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tomb of Daniel by Eugène Flandin, Eugène Flandin, Public domain
- Repairing Daniels Tomb- Shush - panoramio, Raki_Man, CC BY 3.0
- آرامگاه دانیال نبی - panoramio, auoob farabi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Susa castle by adel bazmeh, Adel Bazmeh, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Apadana palace by adel bazmeh, Adel Bazmeh, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tomb of Daniel, Shush, Iran - panoramio, Raki_Man, CC BY 3.0
- Shush Museum (15), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (42), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (13), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (30), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (35), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (3), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (5), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (34), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (9), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (21), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (26), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (32), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (41), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (31), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (12), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (18), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (19), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (16), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (36), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (8), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (10), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (11), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (2), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (29), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (17), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (4), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shush Museum (33), Darafsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tomb of Daniel 1, ninara, CC BY-SA 2.0
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