از on 22 شهریور, 1398
به نام خدا کشور یونان عموما به عنوان یک مقصد گردشگری تابستانی شناخته می شود و انبوه گردشگران از سرتاسر دنیا به این کشور سفر می کنند تا به جزایر جادویی دریای اژه و دریای یونان بروند. البته نمی توان آن ها را بخاطر این علاقه و تمایل شدید سرزنش کرد. سواحل ماسه طلایی و روستاهای بسیار زیبا که مملو از خانه های سفید و آبی رنگ هستند و رستوران های سنتی که دقیقا در کنار آب های این کشور قرار گرفته اند و غذاهای دریایی تازه محلی را سرو می کنند، تنها گوشه ای از جذابیت های این کشور شگفت انگیز به شمار می رو...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
  iranians are terrorists, the Chinese eats dogs and spit on everything, all Indian men see women as objects and US guys are superficial and fat. You don’t agree? Read on! About the dilemma of travel to countries that violate human rights. ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
Backpacking Iran! Who isn’t dreaming of a trip to Iran, the booming destination that attracts more and more visitors with natural wonders, blue-tiled mosques and wild bazars? In this complete travel guide to Iran you will find everything you need to know for backpacking Iran and for participants of a round trip alike.   ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
Magnificent mosques, ancient caravansaries, impressive rock tombs and former royal cities of the ancient Persian Empire – Iran lures with a colorful bouquet of architectural masterpieces and unique natural wonders. My stories are not from 1001 nights, but five weeks of backpacking in Iran from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf in the very south and still offer plenty of narrative material. Here are my favorite sights and cities in Iran.   ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
Can you travel to the Iran as a Western woman? What are the Do’s and Don’ts? How should you behave? Do you have to wear a headscarf as a Western woman in Iran? Here is my field report after 5 weeks backpacking in Iran.   ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
Exploring Iran’s Diverse Scenery You can find diverse landscapes in Iran ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
Chinese Nationals Can Enter Iran Without Visa Chinese tourists will no longer need a visa to enter Iran. “The [Iranian] cabinet has agreed to waive visa requirements for Chinese nationals entering the Islamic Republic of Iran”, said the deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization Vali Teymouri. Teymouri added that the visa waiver will come into effect after due process. The unilateral decision came following years of discussions about visa-free travel between ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added the ancient Hyrcanian forests in northern Iran to the organization’s emblematic world heritage list. The world body made the decision during a meeting in Baku. The forests which stretch along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea date back to 25 to 50 million years ago. UNESCO highlighted the floristic biodiversity of Hyrcanian Forests which are home to 44% of the vascular plants known in Iran. ...
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از on 13 شهریور, 1398
Iran is fast becoming a magnet for health tourism. The country hosted a record high of 600,000 health tourists during the first four months of the current Iranian year. This figure equals the total number of incoming health tourists during the last fiscal year (March 2018-19), according to deputy head of Iran Health Tourism Promotion Association of Iran Mohammad Panahi. Medical tourism generated some $1.2 billion in revenue for Iran last year. The tourism sector is currently witnessing an e...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Iran is again catching its share of headlines. So it seemed as good a time as any to share the story of our exit from the country — hopping a train en route from Tehran across the border to Turkey, then all the way to Istanbul. One of the finest and most surprising segments of our around-the-world journey. All aboard the Midnight Express (Tehran to Istanbul)! ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
This is a story of a woman I met on a train in Iran and a letter she wrote to me — a letter I now read through tears. My heart sank as I watched the news from Iran this morning, scenes of the British Embassy being charged by an angry mob in Tehran. It saddens me – angers me, really – that narrow groups like this who define the world’s perception of Iran and the Iranian people are in reality such a small percentage of the country's population. My experience tells me they are the outliers, y...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
This is a very short story about music. In Iran. I dont know that I've ever been so happy — or oddly surprised — to hear Stevie Wonder in my entire life. I should explain. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
There's nothing like early morning light falling through a stained-glass window…casting designs on a Persian carpet…amidst immaculately tiled pink columns. This is the winter prayer hall inside the Pink Mosque in Shiraz, Iran. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Persia's Qajar dynasty kings knew how to have a good time. (Some may argue that they did so at the expense of their subjects and their country, but that's another matter entirely.) For now, a visual. Take a peek inside the lavishly tiled and ornate Khalvat-e-karimkhani room at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. Imagine Qajar dynasty kings from 200 years ago relaxing with a water pipe in this cool outdoor lounge and waiting to greet their subjects from their marble throne. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
What does it feel like to travel to Iran, to fly into the country for the first time? Here’s the story of our flight to Tehran including some things you might expect, and some others you might not. Destination: TEHRAN. I ogle my boarding pass at the departure gate in Istanbul. We bought the tickets months before, all easy enough. So easy in fact that we wondered if the day of our flight would actually ever come; a rejected visa application snatching it all away in a breath. But our Iranian...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
This is the story of Iran, a country we once expected to visit last, as a final bow wrapped around a journey that tells the story of making human connections around the world. It's also an explanation of why we're traveling to Iran this Friday. Persian architecture and design, Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Esfahan. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Although Persepolis is one of Iran’s top archeological and tourist sites, I was careful to keep my expectations in check before visiting. After all, what would remain of the 2,500 year-old capital of the Achaemenid Empire? Amidst crumbled columns, I found great detail that blew me away and a surprising connection to the present. When I first entered Persepolis through the Gate of All Nations, I was struck by the scale of it all – the statues, the columns, the great stone. I tried to imagine t...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Traveling to Iran as an American citizen may sound complicated and dangerous. It’s not. We’re here to dispel the myths and answer the questions piling up in our inbox about visas, safety, and other concerns based on our visit to Iran. Our aim in the following Q&A is to answer actual reader queries and to help demystify the process of traveling to Iran, especially for Americans. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
We apologize for the silence on our blog over the last week. Our travels across Iran, while rich and deeply fulfilling, have teamed up with slow and censored internet, a blistering pace of full days that end late, and an attempt to process it all that feels like a slow drip. Now that we've dispensed with the excuses, we offer a few snapshots of our journey to not-so-traveled Western Iran — Hamadan, Kermanshan, and Ahvaz — where our path through the country begins. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
An Iranian carpet, especially one from Tabriz, is worth more than gold. — Our Iranian guide gives us an economics lesson in the old carpet section of the Tabriz bazaar. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Upon hearing the news of the recent earthquakes near Tabriz in Northwest Iran, my mind went immediately to the time we spent in that region last November. This includes a day trip from Tabriz to the village of Kandovan where people live in fairy chimneys, caves made from volcanic ash deposited thousands of years ago. Local history tells of inhabitants from nearby villages fleeing to these caves more than 700 years ago during the time of the Mongol invasion. The cone-like structures have remai...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
I'm going to show you something like you've never seen before. — Our guide, just before entering the Shāh Chérāgh Mosque. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
If you look up, at just the right time, you'll see a peacock on the ceiling,” our guide, Javad, explained as he walked us under the gilded and tiled dome of Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran. We craned our necks, searching for just the right angle. With the aid of sunlight passing through a nearby window, an image of a peacock — previously unseen, now tail shimmering — was revealed to us brush strokes. Intermittent cries of “Oh!” indicated when everyone in the room “got it.” ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Yazd, a historically Zoroastrian town and a sort of desert outpost that took in people fleeing persecution and wars in other parts of the country, is one of our favorite cities in Iran. Its old city is almost entirely built in brown-red adobe clay, helping to blend it into the surrounding desert landscape and to keep its building interiors cool. Ones eyes adapt to this mono-color, after which the bright turquoise and intricate Persian Islamic design in the Jameh Mosque will make you feel like...
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