Fitness & Recreation

Parks

Despite being located in a desert environment, Qum has made considerable efforts to create and maintain ‘green’ areas or parks for locals and visitors to enjoy. Details of a few of the main parks are listed below.

Alavi

Alavi Park is one of the oldest and most well-known parks in Qum. This park, with its large area and green spaces, is one of the most important camping and BBQ sites in Qum and has all the essential facilities needed such as bathrooms, a prayer room, gazebos, public BBQ grills and parking. There are also spaces for playing football, a skating and bike park, and a children’s playground. Additionally, there is a two-person chairlift service providing beautiful views of the park and surrounding areas, and an adjacent amusement park.

A tree-lined avenue at Alavi Park in autumn, its path and benches carpeted in golden fallen leaves as visitors stroll beneath the trees
Autumn on the tree-lined avenues
Riders on Alavi Park's two-person chairlift gliding above a dense green forest of pines
The two-person chairlift
Neat green lawns and rows of shaded gazebos among tall pines at Alavi Park, with hills in the distance
Lawns and shaded gazebos
Alavi Park — swipe to explore

Javan

Despite being located on the outskirts of the city, Javan Park is worth visiting as it has a large, 15m deep man-made lake with pedal boats available to rent and a mountainous track for climbing.

An aerial view of the large rectangular man-made lake at Javan Park, ringed by young planting with the arid hills of Qum behind
The man-made lake from the air
Swan-shaped pedal boats out on the lake at Javan Park, seen from the lakeside jetty on a clear day
Swan pedal boats on the lake
Walkers on the hillside climbing track above Javan Park, looking down over the tree plantation and the lake
The hillside climbing track
Javan Park — swipe to explore

Narges

Narges Park is one of the women-only parks in Qum and is often used to hold women’s sports competitions such as running and cycling. There are numerous facilities available including a cycling and skating track (bicycles can also be hired for a small fee), children’s playground, a ball pit, trampolines and a bouncy castle. In addition to these, there is a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a library and various art and handicraft exhibitions.

Ghadeer

Ghadeer Park – the largest park in Qum with an area of approx. 140 hectares – is split into various sections including: a camping site, the Abotab water park, woodlands, playing fields, green areas and an amusement park.

Koodak

The water play area at Koodak Park in Qum, where a child plays among arcing jets of water on a paved splash pad, with flowerbeds and apartment blocks behind
The water play area
Children playing in the large sandpit at Koodak Park
The huge sandpit
A landscaped walkway winding through the greenery and playground at Koodak Park
Landscaped walkways
Koodak Park — swipe to explore

Koodak Park is one of the newer parks built in the city and benefits from good maintenance and cleanliness. A unique appeal of the park is its huge sandpit and water play area which can occupy children for hours!

Bonyadi

Bonyadi Park is another large park with many facilities. This particular park has a beautiful fountain and multiple walkways to enjoy.

The stepped stone fountain at Bonyadi Park, water cascading down pebble-clad steps beneath two white swan sculptures on a sunny dayBonyadi Park at night, its walkways, fountains and lawns lit up with colourful green, pink and blue lighting
Bonyadi Park’s cascading swan fountain by day, and the park lit up at night

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