Category: Iran Destinations

Kerman rarely gets more than a night on most Iran itineraries, yet it holds a Safavid bazaar complex, a Persian garden rising from bare desert, nomadic camps at the edge of the Kaluts, and the strangest landscape in the country. Here’s what earns a place on your route.

Tabriz rarely tops a first-time Iran itinerary, yet this Azerbaijani capital holds one of the world’s oldest bazaars, a legendary blue mosque, and a rock-carved village an hour from the center. Here is what actually earns a place in a Tabriz itinerary, and why.

Yazd is a city built entirely of earth, water, and patience. This guide walks through the top things to do in Yazd — from the windcatchers of its UNESCO-listed Old City to the fire that has burned since antiquity, the villages beyond it, and the century-old sweet shop everyone in town still recommends.

Iranians say Isfahan is half the world — and one afternoon in Naqsh-e Jahan Square makes the claim feel entirely reasonable. A complete guide to the city’s mosques, bridges, palaces, deserts, and the craft workshops that have run unchanged for five centuries.

Shiraz is the city Iranians call the City of Poets — gardens built as paradise on earth, the shrines of Hafez and Saadi, the Pink Mosque’s stained-glass dawn light, and Persepolis just an hour away. Here’s everything worth doing in Shiraz.

Tehran is a city of glorious contradiction — ancient bazaars beside contemporary galleries, royal palaces steps from ski gondolas. This guide covers the best things to do in Tehran: historical, culinary, adventurous, and everything in between.