Palangan Village
How to reach: From Kermanshah or Sanandaj, take a car to Kamyaran town. Then you can take another taxi to Palangan village. Suggestions: Have some fish-kebab near the river. Walk on the roof-alleys of the village and visit the mosque of the village and taste the Kurdish life in Iran. Palangan village is a splendid village located in Kurdistan region of Iran with stepped houses. It’s stone-built houses, which are sometimes carved...
Meymand- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Meymand (also spelt Maymand and Maimand) is a village of troglodytes – cave dwellers – located in the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman. Meymand (Maymand, Maimand) village has been continuously inhabited for 2,000 to 3,000 years making it one of Iran’s four oldest surviving villages. By contrast the troglodytic village of Kandovanin northwest Iran is said to have been inhabited for 700 years. Some claim that...
Fin Garden- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fin Garden is located in southwest Kashan, Isfahan province. Its reputation is due to a historic event that happened there. Qajarid Premier Amir Kabir was murdered in a plot hatched by Nassereddin Shah’s men in the Fin Bathhouse in 1852. Fin Garden has all the elements of Iranian gardens. It is somehow similar to Shazdeh Garden in Mahan, Kerman, the Persian daily Iran wrote. Spread over 23,000 square meters, the garden has good...
Eram Garden- UNESCO World Heritage Site
The word ‘Eram’ is the Persian version of Arabic word ‘Iram’, which means heaven in Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an. The abundance of beautiful flowers, refreshing air, aromatic myrtles and towering cypress trees, including a tree dating back to 3,000 years (Sarv-e naz) have made Eram Garden a major tourist destination, especially during the spring and summer. Although the date of the garden’s...
Golestan Palace, Tehran- UNESCO World Heritage Site
How to reach: Take the subway and get off in “Panzdahe Khordad” station which is located on the red line. You can also take buses or taxis to Imam Khomeini square, then walk to the palace. How old is this complex? It dates back to Zandiyeh period, but mainly it’s buildings are built in Qajar (18th to 20th century). Suggestions: As Golestan Palace is a large complex, it’s better to visit this complex at morning....