Iran tours

Mashhad, Capital of Khorasan province

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:36:06 +0000

Mashhad located in the northeastern Iran, 909 kilometers east of Tehran, in the valley of Kashaf River. The city stands at an average elevation of 980 meters above sea level. Mashhad is one of the largest cities in Iran, it is an important religious center situated in a productive agricultural region. The shrine of the early 9th century religious leader Imam Reza, attracts many tourists and pilgrims each year.

Next to holy shrine, Goharshad Mosque and Tomb of Nadir Shah are other historical and interesting sights worth visiting in the city. The city prospered under Nadir Shah as the capital of a great Iranian empire in 18th century. (photo:Iahsan)

Mashad, Imam Reza Shrine

Esfahan, half of the world

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:32:58 +0000

Esfahan lies at the heart of Iran, 414 km south of Tehran, in the lush Zayandeh Rood plain, at the foothills of Zagros mountain range. The city enjoys temperate climate and four separable seasons. No obstacles exist as far as 90 km north of Esfahan and cool northern winds blow in this direction. She stands at an average elevation of 1500 meters above sea level.

The southern and western approaches of Esfahan are mountains and is bordered northward and eastward by fertile plains. Thus, her climate is a varying one and occasionally rainy, with a precipitation average ranging 100 to 150 mm.

Esfahan province has a population of around 4 million, of which 1.6 million live in the city of Esfahan. This city has many historical places, some of them belong to after Islam, mostly to the Safavid era.

Esfahan, Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque

Persepolis, City of the Persians

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:28:41 +0000

About 56 km north of Shiraz, at the foot of Rahmat hill, there lies this pearl of the world empires, greatest honor of the human being civilizations, heart of Persians which may attract any visitor attention and fill him with spiritual blood while beating in his chest; just a glance you would never like to close your eyes even for a while.

We know how to take you there but we don’t know how you would leave there. It is not a city, it is not a palace, it is not Persians, it is you, it is your ancestors, it is your believes, your history and proud of you as a man living in the universe.

Persepolis in Iran

Yazd, centre of Zoroastrian culture

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:10:37 +0000

Yazd lies at center of Iran, to the north and east lie the deserts Dashte-Kavìr and Dasht-e Lut. Yazd is an important manufacturing center with cotton, silk, and wool textile mills; a steel plant, a factory making water purification and filtration equipment; carpet-weaving workshops; and food-processing enterprises. Yazd sits on the main highway and rail line fromTehran to Bandar Abbas. It is also served by an airport.

There are many historical sites including the Jameh mosque, where Muslims gather to worship on fridays. The mosque was built between the 12th and 15th centuries on the site of a pre-Islamic Zoroastrian fire temple. The city is also home to the 14th-century Vaqto-Saat shrine and library, the 15th-century Mir Chakhmaq mosque, the 15th-century covered bazaar, and the Zoroastrian Towers of Silence.

Yazd old town

Several thousands of old houses in the center of the city are topped with high wind towers, a traditional architectural feature of Yazd. The towers, some as high as 6 m (20 ft), trap breezes and conduct them downward to rooms at ground level, providing a form of early air conditioning.

Tehran, Capital of Iran

admin — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:31:07 +0000

Tehran lies on an incline, some 1200 meters above sea level, at the southern foothills of the mighty Elburz range, 256 kilometers south of beautiful shores of the Caspian sea. Its expansion began in the 16th century under the Safavid monarch Tahmasb I. Karim Khane-Zand was crowned in Tehran in 1758. The city’s relatively temperate climate was the principle attraction for Qajar monarchs.

The Safavid Shah Suleiman was the first to build a royal palace in Tehran. This was the Chahar Bagh (Four Garden) palace. The city was known as Chenarestan by Iranians on account of its large number of tall and shady plane trees (Chenar in Persian). Its tolerable climate encouraged princes and grandees to build themselves palaces and pavilions around the city.

Tehran, old bazaar

Tabriz, capital of Azarbaijane-Sharghy province

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:10:16 +0000

Tabriz lies at northwestern Iran, about 600 km northwest of Tehran, at the foothills of Sahand mountain. To the south the silent volcano of Sahand, and to the west Lake Urumiyeh, stretch farms and vast plains. The city stands at an average elevation of 1340 meters above sea level.

The Tabriz bazaar has been an important trading center in Middle East for centuries. Other historical places include the 15th century Masjed-e Kabud (Blue Mosque), the 8th century Masjed-e Jameh (Friday Mosque), the 13th century citadel of Alishah (Arg-e Alishah) and the 19th century IllGoli pavilion.

The Poets’ Mausoleum is the resting place for a number of Iranian poets. The Azarbaijan Museum contains various Islamic objects found in the Tabriz plain. City of Tabriz has a population of around 1,400,000.

Tomb of Sheikh Safi in Ardebil, Gonbad-e Sorkh (The Red Cupola) in Maragheh, Kandovan village in the district of Osku and St. Stephanous church in Julfa, are other attractions in northwestern Iran.

Tabriz old town

Shiraz, city of flowers and nightingalesc

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:34:34 +0000

Shiraz Located in the Zagros Mountains, 895 kilometers south of Tehran, enjoys temperate climate across the year. The ruler of Iran Karim Khan-e Zand in the 18th century made this city his capital. His citadel and residence are among city’s monuments.

Tombs of great poets as Hafiz and Saady and Gardens as Afif-Abaad, Eram (residence of Qashqai Ilkhans), Delgosha, and many more has made this city to be unique and well known by name of “City of flowers and nightingales”.

Not far from Shiraz you may feel great, visiting Persepolis, one of the world greatest master pieces remained from 330BC.

Shiraz, Saadi Tomb