Sun Palace

Sun Palace: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Sun Palace

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Sun Palace — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.99513, 59.76698. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sun Palace

• Kabood Gonbad Mosque · dargah · Razavi Khorasan · ~0 km · Must-see
• Forud Castle · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~14 km · Must-see
• Naderi inscription · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~4 km
• Arghun tower · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~5 km
• Gharasoo · viewpoint · Razavi Khorasan · ~10 km
• Gharasoo waterfall · waterfall · Razavi Khorasan · ~11 km
• Qarasu Waterfall · waterfall · Razavi Khorasan · ~11 km
• دره بایرام زوی بزرگ · viewpoint · Razavi Khorasan · ~11 km
• Khrebet Devyanakyu · viewpoint · Razavi Khorasan · ~16 km
• Ortakand waterfall اورتكند شلالات · waterfall · Razavi Khorasan · ~26 km
• مکان دیدنی آبشار سررود · waterfall · Razavi Khorasan · ~27 km
• شلال اورتكند مشهد · waterfall · Razavi Khorasan · ~27 km
• Artkand Waterfall · waterfall · Razavi Khorasan · ~27 km
• 79-njy duralga · fort · Ahal Province · ~33 km
• 80-nji duralga · fort · Ahal Province · ~43 km
• Hezar Masjed · viewpoint · Razavi Khorasan · ~46 km
• Ardak Dam · lake · Razavi Khorasan · ~52 km
• хребет Кат · viewpoint · Ahal Province · ~57 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sun Palace

Other forts & heritage near Sun Palace

• Forud Castle · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~14 km · Must-see
• Ferdowsi Mausoleum · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~76 km · Must-see
• Altyn Depe · fort · Ahal Province · ~76 km · Must-see
• Haruniyeh Dome · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~77 km · Must-see
• Radkan Tower · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~87 km · Must-see
• Tomb of Nadershah Afshar · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~99 km · Must-see
• Imam Reza Shrine · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~100 km · Must-see
• Tomb of Pir Palandouz · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~100 km · Must-see
• Ribat-i Sharaf · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~142 km · Must-see
• Naderi inscription · fort · Razavi Khorasan · ~4 km

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