Travel Reference
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ACTION
Within easy reach of Tehran are the ski fields of Dizin and Shemshak, the rock climbing
of Band-e Yakhchal and the summit of Mt Damavand, the Middle East's highest. Or just
try crossing the street.
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Western Iran
History
Culture
Mountains
HISTORY
This region was the cradle of many civilisations. See the Elamites' Choqa Zanbil, the
Achaemenid legacy at Shush and Hamadan, the Sassanian water mills at Shushtar and the
massive Mongol mausoleum at Soltaniyeh.
