Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kish Island
Sights
1
Harireh
D1
2
Kariz-e Kish
C1
Activities, Courses & Tours
3
Aquacom Cable Park
F2
4
Gentlemen's Beach & Beach Volleyball Sports Complex
F2
5
Kish Diving Center
F2
6
Ladies' Beach
F1
Sleeping
7
Dariush Grand Hotel
F2
8
Didaniha Hotel
G3
9
Farabi Hotel
F1
10
Shayan Hotel
F2
Eating
11
Payab Restaurant & Teahouse
D1
12
Shandiz Safdari
G3
Drinking
Superstar SFC
(see 3)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Harireh
( 24 hr)
Artefacts found during excavation of this settlement indicate that it was estab-
lished around AD 1000 AD, occupied 120 hectares and was abandoned around 1600. Its
residents made their living mainly through fishing and pearl diving. The site - now re-
ferred to as Harireh Ancient City - comprises the remains of a large house with private
qanat
(underground water channel), a public
hammam
and a congregational mosque. It
was originally positioned next to a busy commercial port; you can still see access stairs
cut into the rocky cliff, as well as rock-cut wells and channels that were part of workshops
producing date nectar, once one of the island's major exports.
