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Gonbad-e Qabus Tower Goes Beyond Art
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Gonbad-e Qabus tower is the tallest all-brick tower in the world and a towering tomb in the fourth century.
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Touch Persian food, architecture and handicrafts to satisfy your curiosity about Iran’s cultural heritage. Travel to cultural novelties which directly shaped the Iranian lifestyle.
Travel to Iran cultural heritage to discover Persia through tours which display 3500 years of tangible and intangible culture. Discover Persian heritage in urban characteristics, culinary art, handicrafts, traditional textures, literature and music. Iran cultural heritage embraces nomadic and rural lifestyles of Kurdish, Azeri, Gilaki, Baloch and Lur tribes. Create your crafts by having hands-off instructions from artists in creative tours. Travel to Iran to learn new skills to have a life-long passion and a powerful memory of Persia.
Mashhad shines as the capital of spirituality on the Iran Silk Road as a reason Imam Reza’s holy shrine. Iran poets’ territory is the motherland of Persian literature by embracing Ferdowsi, Omar Khayyam and Attar. Travel to Mashhad to visit the largest turquoise mines. Also, the city produces more than 90 per cent of the Saffron in the globe. Besides, Mashhad is the birthplace of the Afsharid Dynasty, which Nader Shah established approximately 350 years ago.
Kurdistan province is a mountainous region full of rivers, waterfalls and glaciers. Sanandaj, capital of Kurdistan province is famous as the peak of Iran. Kurdish tribes, nomads and people are the most citizens of the present district of Kurdistan in the west of Iran. As well, Kurdistan is the homeland of Aryans who migrated to the central plateau of Persia.
Travel to Semnan to visit the longest path on Iran Silk Road. Semnan’s history dates back to the Median era with extraordinary natural landscapes. Experience Iran’s four-season travel destination to touch the unique cultural heritage and lifestyle close to the heart of Dasht-e Kavir. As well, Semnan connects the north, south, east and west of Persia alongside the Alborz mountain range.
Yazd is a city which displays human adaptation to nature through its unique architecture. Travel to Yazd to touch astonishing structures such as wind-catchers, baths, mosques and houses with simple materials. Yazd preserves life through unbelievable Persian architecture in the Dasht-e Lut. Also, Yazd qanat construction ancient engineering conveys water from natural sources to quench people’s and farm thirsts.
Gilan is a food travel destination because of Persian culinary art. The Caspian sea at the side of the Alborz mountain range surrounds Gilan. Gilan is a region with cultural diversities among Gilak, Rashti, Taleshi and Azerbaijani residents. Touching Gilan is close to Hyrcanian forests as a World Heritage Site that takes travellers to 35-40 million years ago. Gilan is the homeland of rich social forms such as language, gastronomy, music, clothes and rural lifestyle.
Luristan province fascinates travellers with picturesque views of Lakes and waterfalls alongside the Zagros mountain range. Travel to Luristan to watch the breathtaking panorama of natural landscapes such as fertile valleys. Luristan embraces walnut almonds and wild fruits gardens, hills and mountains such as the Oshtoran Kuh region. Our citizens are the original Aryans who migrated to Zagros chains. Medes conquered the Lurs region, and then Persians gained control of their territory. Lurs integrated with Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid well in terms of beating.
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Gonbad-e Qabus tower is the tallest all-brick tower in the world and a towering tomb in the fourth century.
Reading Time: 10 minutes Persepolis displays Achaemenid art as a ceremonial capital of Persia that Darius I ordered to build as a symbol of Persian greatness.
Reading Time: 11 minutes Behistun, the area of the gods, is one of the most prestigious ancient monuments and substantial inscription in the world.
