Most highlights are on a roughly north-south line (or vice versa) between Tehran, Esfahan and Shiraz – with Yazd as a detour; flying into Tehran and out of Shiraz is a popular option. Persepolis is an easy daytrip from Shiraz.
There are thirteen World Heritage Sitesin Iran.
- Tchogha Zanbil (1979)
- Persepolis (1979)
- Naghsh-i Jahan Square (1979)
- Takht-e Soleyman (2003)
- Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2004)
- Pasargadae (2004)
- Soltaniyeh (2005)
- Bisotun (2006)
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran, including St Thaddeus, St Stepanos, Chapel of Dzordzor, Chapel of Chupan, and Church of the Holy Mother of God (2008)
- Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System(2009)
- Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex(2010)
- Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil(2010) • The Persian Gardens, including Chehel Sotoun, Fin, Eram, Shazdeh, Pasargad Pserian, Dolatabad, Abbasabad, Akbarieh and Pahlevanpour (2011)
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Niavaran Complex. The Niavaran Complex (Persian: مجموعه نیاوران – Majmue ye Niāvarān) is a historical complexsituated in Shemiran (northern Tehran), Iran. It consists of several buildings […]- Date
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Naqsh-e Jahan Square (Persian: میدان نقش جهان Maidān-e Naqsh-e Jahān; trans: “Image of the World Square”), is a square situated at the center of Isfahancity, Iran. […]- Date
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The Shah Mosque also known as Royal Mosque or Imam Mosque after Iranian revolution, is a mosque in Isfahan, Iran, standing in south side of Naghsh-e […]- Date
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is one of the architectural masterpieces of Iranian architecture that was built during the Safavid Empire, standing on the eastern side of Naghsh-i […]- Date
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The Ganjali Khan is a Safavid-era building complex, located in the old center of city of Kerman, Iran. The complex is composed of a school, a […]- Date
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The Holy Savior Cathedral, also known the Church of the Saintly Sisters, is a cathedral located in the New Julfa district of Isfahan, Iran. It […]- Date
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The Zayande River starts in the Zagros Mountains, flows from west to east through the heart of Isfahan, and dries up in the Gavkhooni wetland. The […]- Date
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Qur’an Gate is a historic gate in the north of Shiraz, Iran. It is located at the northeastern entrance of the city, on the way to […]- Date
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The Karim Khan Castle is a citadel located in the downtown Shiraz, southern Iran. It was built as part of a complex during the Zand dynasty […]- Date
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The Borujerdi House is a historic house in Kashan, Iran.The house was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the wife of Seyyed Mehdi […]- Date
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Fin Garden located in Kashan, Iran, is a historical Persian garden. It contains Kashan’s Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajarid chancellor, was murdered by an […]- Date
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The Treasury of National Jewels Museum is probably Tehran’s biggest tourist draw card, it houses a collection of the worlds most expensive jewels collected over centuries. […]- Date
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The Lut Desert, also known as Dashat-e Loot, is a large salt desert in Kerman and Sistan Province, Iran. It is the twenty-fifth largest, driest, […]- Date
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The Golestan Palace, also the Roseland Palace, is the former royal dynasty of Turkic origin in Tehran, Iran’s capital city. The palace was built from 1524 […]- Date
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The Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran is an ensemble of Armenian churches established during the period. These are the St. Thaddeus Monastery, The Saint Stepanos […]- Date
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Chehel Sotoun (or ‘Chihil Sutun’) is a pavilion in Isfahan, Iran. It is in the middle of a park at the end of a long pool. […]- Date
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Pasargadae was a city in ancient Persia, and is today a historical site in Fars,Iran. Pasargadae was the first capital of the Persian Empire. The building […]- Date
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(Old Persian: ‘Pars’, New Persian: تخت جمشید, ‘Takht-e Jamshid’) was an ancient capital of the second Iranian dynasty, the Achaemenid Empire. Ancient Persians called it Parsa, […]- Date
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شیخ لطف الله) is one of the architectural masterpieces of Iranian architecture that was built during the Safavid Empire, standing on […]- Date
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Ali Qapu (Persian: عالی قاپو, ‘Ālī Qāpū) is a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the western side of the Naqsh e Jahan […]- Date
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The rock reliefs at Taq-e Bostan lie 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kermanshah, where a spring gushes from a mountain cliff and empties into a large […]- Date
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The Tomb of Esther and Mordechai is located in Hamadan, Iran. Believed by some to house the remains of the biblical Queen Esther and her cousin […]- Date
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The Mausoleum of Avicenna is a complex located at Avicenna Square, Hamadan, Iran. Dedicated to the Iranian polymath Avicenna, the complex includes a library, a small […]- Date
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Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few existent ziggurats outside Mesopotamia. It lies approximately […]
