Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Western Iran Highlights
Hike between flower-filled valleys and snow-capped peaks amid the ruined 12th-
century
Castles of the Assassins
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Challenge Iran's desert image in the paddy fields and forests of Gilan that lead to
the delightful stepped village of
Masuleh
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Explore ancient churches, mud-walled castles and grand canyons along the bib-
lical
Aras River Valley
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near Jolfa
Stagger up to
Babak Castle
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the dramatic emotional heart of Azar-
bayjan
Venture into
Howraman
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a magical, rarely visited valley of tradi-
tional Kurdish villages
Be awed by lonely
Choqa Zanbil
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, a massive, brick ziggurat which
somehow managed to get 'lost' for 2500 years
Commune with long dead Sassanian kings at
Taq-e Bustan
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) and en-
joy an ice cream while doing it
Come face to face with a ruler of the world at Darius the Great's dramatic rock
cut inscription at
Bisotun
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Bazarganناگرزاب
0462 / POP 10,000 / ELEV 1417M
Car repair yards, shops and nine cheap hotels line Bazargan's Imam St, a gun-barrel
straight strip fired towards the striking silhouette of Mt Ararat.
About 2km short of the immigration posts, the village ends at the outer border gate.
Here the taxi/savari stand faces the basic
Hotel Jafapoor
( 337 2058; Imam St; dm/tw
US$4/6)
whose owner is excited to show off his modest English skills and changes
money.
Hotel Hamid
( 337 2435; Imam St; tw US$15)
, 300m further east, is somewhat
better and has bathrooms with squat toilets.
Locals pay US$2 to head on to Maku but taxis ask way more from foreigners.
