Tourist Attractions in Iran

Poupeh, an Iranian lady who has gone down in history as the first Muslim woman to have cycled around the world, recounts how her wanderlust and love for peace pushed her to begin a solo journey to different world continents with a bicycle.

The seasonal lake of Maharlou, located in the southwest of Shiraz in Fars province, south of Iran, is widely popular for its red colour.

A couple of days ahead of the arrival of summer, the Tochal ski resort in north of Tehran hosted the second edition of Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival of Tochal.

Despite being located in a hot and dry climate, Kerman province in the central Iran has many lakes which are considered as wonderful natural attractions for tourists.

French newspaper Liberation, with a modernist look, has introduced cafes, hostels and modern sites of Tehran and portrayed an up-to-date and dynamic picture of Iran and its people.

Gilan province is located in the north of Iran on the south-western coast of Caspian Sea.

The House-Turned-Museum of Bazaar, which once used to be the house of Sultan Beigom Shojaee – the sister-in-law of the last Qajar King, Ahmad Shah – is one of the 1001 must-see libraries in the world.

Iran is home to a number of attractive accommodation facilities which tempt every tourist to stay there. See some of the most strange hotels in Iran!

The humidity reached 100% in Iran’s Kish Island in the morning of June 8th, causing a heavy fog to come down.

Qavam orangery is a garden and mansion in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran. You can travel to old times by walking in this beautiful historical place.

Located in southeastern Iran on the coast of Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, Chabahar is the only oceanic port of Iran.

Every year in April, farmers of Mazandaran province in northern Iran start preparing their rice fields for transplantation of the seedlings.

Kharg or Khark Island is an inhabited island with great economic significance in the Persian Gulf, southern Iran, home to natural, historical beauties.

The Hasht Behesht, the world's most beautiful palace in Safavid Era, is located in Iran's Isfahan. The building has also a large garden which is turned into a public park.

Iran’s Qom province has a wonderful scenery these days after record rainfall during this spring ended a water crisis that lasted almost a decade and led to drought and a sharp decline in underground water levels.

Bosnian model and photo blogger Aida Muharemović has travelled to a number of Iranian cities, and released beautiful photos of her posing in front of iconic sites and monuments.

A simple Iftar meal was recently served for the public on Tehran’s iconic Tabiat Bridge with the help of local donors.

Darsajin is a village located near the city of Abhar in Zanjan province, north-west of Iran. The pristine nature of the village contains green fruit gardens with grape, walnut, almond, plum, cherry trees, alongside rivers full of water.

Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has provided cell phone coverage in the central Desert of Maranjab, said Iran’s ICT Minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi.

Travel agencies taking tours to Iran have been exempted from paying Value-Added Tax (VAT) upon the order of First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri in a bid to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting the country.

Lordegan heights, surrounded by oak forests with numerous fountains, look just like heaven during May.

The village of Gerash in Fars Province, southern Iran, attracts many guests and tourists due to its historical monuments every year, especially in winter and early spring.

Two Swiss women cyclists, who had been trapped in snow at night in the mountainous areas of Gilan province in northern Iran, tell the story of how they were ultimately rescued by villagers a few weeks ago.

This legendary Vank Church in the Iranian city of Isfahan is also known as “Holy Saviour Cathedral and Church of the Saintly Sisters”.

The nature of Sorkheh County in Iran’s Semnan province, 170 km from Tehran, looks stunningly beautiful especially in these days of spring.