Arg of Tabriz

Arg-e Tabriz (Tabriz Citadel), also known as ‘Arg-e Alishah’, is a remnant of a mosque in the center of Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, which was built during Ilkhanid era. This huge brick edifice is a chunky remnant of Tabriz Citadel. Criminals were once executed by being hurled from the top of the citadel walls. The [...]
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Bazaar of Tabriz

Tabriz has been a place of cultural exchange since antiquity and its historic bazaar complex is one of the most important commercial centers on the Silk Road. Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex consists of a series of interconnected, covered, brick structures, buildings, and enclosed spaces for different functions. Tabriz and its Bazaar were already prosperous and famous in the 13th century, [...]
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Shapouri House

Shapouri House or Shapouri Pavilion and Garden is an early 20th-century Persian building and garden in the city of Shiraz, south of Iran. The historical house of Shapouri belongs to the early Pahlavid reign in Persia (Iran), c. 1925. This nice house is located in city Centre (Anvari Street) of Shiraz. It has 840 square [...]
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Tomb of Hafez

The most celebrated Persian poet, Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (c. 1320-1389), known by his pen name Hafez, lived and died in Shiraz. Hafez’s collection of poetry, the Divan-i Hafez, is mostly composed of short poems with lyrical and mystical themes (Ghazal), and is commonly considered to be the zenith of Persian poetry. Hafez was [...]
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Amir Chakhmaq Complex

As the most prominent historical landmark in the central city of Yazd, the Amir Chakhmaq Complex is located on a square by the same name. The complex is well-known for its three-story structure with an eye-catching façade of symmetrical sunken arched alcoves and two very tall minarets in the center. In addition, it constitutes a [...]
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Iran tour guide

A tour guide (U.S.) or a tourist guide (European) is a person who provides assistance, information on cultural, historical and contemporary heritage to people on organized tours and individual clients at educational establishments, religious and historical sites, museums, and at venues of other significant interest History In 18th-century Japan, a traveler could pay for a [...]
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Hasht Behesht

In a dry city which is located at the edge of desert, with long hot summer, Gardens and streams of waters, beautiful roses, shades of trees, sound of birds and nightingales play a great role in our lives. In great part of Iranian literature, especially poems, gardens are beautiful parts of our lives. In holy [...]
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Azadi Tower

Standing guard like a sentry at the gates of Tehran, Iran, is the impressive Azadi Tower (Freedom Tower), built in 1971 and comprised of eight thousand white marble blocks. A combination of both Islamic and Sassanid architectural styles, the fifty-foot high tower commemorates the formation of the Persian Empire and is an interesting combination of [...]
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Milad Tower

Pasargadae was one of the oldest residences of the Achaemenid kings, founded by Cyrus the Great(r.559-530). It resembled a park of 2×3 km in which several monumental buildings were to be seen. According to the Roman geographer Strabo of Amasia, the palace of Pasargadae was built on the site where king Cyrus (r.559-530) defeated the leader of the [...]
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Eram Garden

Away from traffic is the beautiful Eram Garden (Bagh-e Eram), a garden named after one of the four gardens of Paradise described in the Quran. It is said that the governor of Shiraz visited the Louvre Museum in Paris and accordingly ordered the hike in entry price. It was created by a chief of the Qashqai clan around 1823, [...]
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