Popular Places in Iran

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  • abyaneh
  • Abyaneh
  • Only two hours away from Esfahan you can be high up in a fold of the Zagros range, walking through the narrow winding streets of Abyaneh, watching locals go about their rustic daily life. The village is a picture of rural calm and a great base for local walks.
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  • Abyaneh
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  • esfahan
  • Esfahan
  • Esfahan is an unmitigated delight and one of the best places in Iran to meet locals, for whom this city is their proudest achievement. There are at least a dozen sights of dazzling quality in Esfahan, including three of the finest religious buildings anywhere.
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  • Esfahan
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  • mashhad
  • Mashhad
  • Mashhad is home to the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, otherwise known as Astan-e Qods-e Razavi. This is one of the world's most visited places of pilgrimage.
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  • Mashhad
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  • persepolis
  • Persepolis
  • Smothered in sand and rock until the 1930s, the amazing site of Persepolis was once a religious and cultural powerhouse, dominating peoples as disparate as the Scythians of Siberia and the Copts of Ethiopia.
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  • Persepolis
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  • shiraz
  • Shiraz
  • In Shiraz the locals are friendly, liberal and literate, the climate is pleasant for most of the year; and the nearby attractions of Persepolis and Naqsh-e-Rostam are the equal of anything in Athens or Rome.
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  • Shiraz
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  • tabriz
  • Tabriz
  • Tabriz is synonymous with carpets. Not just good carpets, but great ones. The best carpets in the Louvre, the British Museum and the Metropolitan are all Iranian, and usually from Tabriz.
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  • Tabriz
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  • tehran
  • Tehran
  • There is nowhere better in Iran to get an overview of Persian history and culture than in Tehran. The museums here are amongst the best in the Middle East and are an essential part of any visit
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  • Tehran
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  • yazd
  • Yazd
  • Squeezed between the Zagros mountains and the Dasht-e Kavir desert in central Iran is Yazd, the centre of Zoroastrianism and an excellent place to walk through and explore.
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  • Yazd
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