Kish, Iran’s number one holiday-resort island; famed for its multitude of free-trade shopping, beachfront hotels, diverse restaurants, and numerous recreational activities – everything one can imagine except for, its best kept secret, the Kish Island locals. This attraction is so low-key that not many Iranians even know about, let alone foreign iran’s tourists. Although it...
There are only a special few adventure seekers and curious travellers worldwide that can say they’ve experienced this rare and phenomenal landscape that goes by the name of Lut Desert, the hottest place on earth. Iran is geographically situation in such a way that it’s a part of the Afro-Asian desert belt. Lut Desert (Kavir-e...
For Iran’s first-time visitors, the existence Azna Snow Tunnel is often hard to believe as many of the travellers believe Iran to have a mostly dry and arid landscape and environment. Well, not so much. This spectacular frozen tunnel is a part of Iran’s extremely diverse landscape and is located in the western Lorestan Province....
On the drive travelling from Zanjan to Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province you may see some scenery that will make you, perhaps, think a little bit more about what was in that last cup of tea you had! Driving by the Aladaglar Mountains, also known as the ‘colorful mountains’ truly seems more like a hallucination than...
The word ‘house’ in Borujerdi House is very much an understatement in describing this dazzlingly lavish mansion; built in 1857, Kashan, it took 18 years to complete this masterpiece of traditional Persian residential architecture. Aside from being sturdy, the Borujerdi House’s foundation is quite a romantic one as well. It was built by Ostad Ali...
For over 3,000 years, Iranians plus over twenty observed ethnic groups from a diverse variety of societies have been celebrating this meaningful New Year’s celebration, happening right on the day of the vernal equinox. Marking the first day of spring, this New Year is in true attunement with the rhythm of life. That being said,...
Although the Island of Kish is best known for its leisure and recreation, it’s still a part of the Persian land – which means that you can definitely count on seeing some ancient ruins. Dated to be at least 800 years old, what remains of ancient 3 in Iran still draws much attention. This little town...
Probably one of the more well-known of the Iranian celebrations by Westerners, aside from Nowruz, Chaharshanbe Soori is the unique celebration of unknown origins that leads up to the marking of the new year. This festival is celebrated in a few different ways today, all of which still include jumping over a huge fire! Iranians...
Discretely tucked away under the Earth’s surface and out of the sight of by passers, the underground city of Kariz is quite a unique and attractive destination to visit on Kish Island, Iran. It was initially constructed as an underground aqueduct system some 2,500 years ago and was used by the inhabitants of ancient Harireh...
Said to have been home to civilized societies thousands of years ago (circa 6000 BC), Kalut Shahdad desert, in Kerman, is a spectacular scenic area with the Kalut being of a unique significance among other deserts. The word Kalut is the name of the unique mountainous rock formations. Believe it or not, these peculiar mountains...