Susa (Shush) isn't exactly the hottest place to stay overnight even if the guest house was just across from the museum and the restaurant around the corner made delicious food. It was getting late so the timing to visit the museum and archeological site was perfect. Surprisingly the place was open on a Friday with her Castle within not open and not on my list to visit anyhow. The staff were also super friendly, trying to sell me some books etc of course, the postcard collection for all WHS in Iran is interesting and some excellent shots but I don't collect these things and we all know they will miss some sites as early as 2019.

The entrance is a little higher than usual because you get the museum at the same time. The museum was quite poor, containing items from other sites unrelated to the archeological site and even total rubbish like antique pistols. The main attraction is the large bull head at the entrance that once posed on a large pillar or something. You get to see a couple more broken pieces in the field. So making my way over there I quickly realized there isn't going to be much to see but low wall outlines where a large palace used to stand. The Apadana Castle must have been grand at one point but now it overgrown with weeds. The path extends far to a lookout where some locals were picnicking even before sunset. You get a lovely view into the dig site where more may be found at one point. However, at the bridge leading to said lookout was a plaque to talk about the statue of Darius found here. One would think this is in a museum right here but instead it is found in the National Museum of Tehran, disappointed. Sure, I saw it there, but what is the point of coming here then really. I am making a note to try and visit the National Museum in a country only after the tour through it.

Thus I don't really want to recommend the museum/site but as it is probably on the way anyway it is worth a stopover.