Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Shushtar
The Sassanian-era structures here include watermills, a 45-span bridge and a
cliff-top castle. Captive Roman legionnaires are thought to have built the first two, while
their leader Emperor Valerian is said to have died in the third (
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Takht-e Soleiman
History's foremost Zoroastrian fire-temple complex is set in a high,
lonely bowl of mountains beside a crater lake (
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Ardashir's Palace
South of Shiraz, Ardashir's monumental palace was one of the earliest
Sassanian architectural triumphs, and the most impressive of what's left (
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Village Life
If you fancy the simple life - that's sleeping in homestays and eating delicious home-
cooked food in a village that's barely changed in centuries - head off the beaten track to
one of these.
Garmeh
This classic mid-desert oasis village of mud-brick homes and date palms is home
to Maziar's place, Ateshooni, one of Iran's original and best homestays (
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Toudeshk
Experience desert family life with Mohammad and his family in their atmo-
spheric courtyard home (
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Fahraj
Stop in this friendly, easy-to-reach village south of Yazd and find possibly the old-
est purpose-built mosque in Iran and good, cheap accommodation in Favardin Desert Inn
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Qeshm Island
Experience the fast-disappearing Bandari Arab way of life in the coastal
villages of Tabl or Shibderaz (
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Yuj
Stop in one of Yuj's rustic homestays while hiking among the ghosts of the Assassins
in the Alamut Valley (
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