- Iran: Where Is Former Persia Located?
- How to get to Iran?
- Holidays in Iran
- Iranian beaches
- Souvenirs from Iran
Want to know where Iran is? Please note that the most favorable time to visit the country is during the autumn and spring months. Winter pastime in Iran is represented by skiing (in the mountains the skiing season lasts until April).
Iran: Where Is Former Persia Located?
The location of Iran (the capital is Tehran) - Western Asia: from the east side with it granite Afghanistan, from the north - Turkmenistan, from the west - Iraq, from the north-west - Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia. In the southern part, Iran has access to the Oman and Persian Gulfs, and in the north - to the waters of the Caspian Sea.
Former Persia lies on the Iranian plateau (with the exception of the Caspian coast and Khuzestan). The west of Iran is occupied by Elburs and the Caucasus Mountains (the title of the highest point was fixed at the 5600-meter peak Demavend), and the east - by saline deserts and semi-deserts (Deshte-Lut, Deshte-Kevir). As for the flat terrain, it dominates the northern part of Iran along the Caspian Sea and in the southwest of the country along the Persian Gulf.
Iran is divided into ostanes - Qom, Khuzestan, Hamadan, Lorestan, Semnan, Alborz, Kurdistan, Isfahan, Zanjan, Fars and others (there are 31 of them).
How to get to Iran?
Direct flight Moscow - Tehran, lasting 3 hours and 45 minutes, is operated by Aeroflot and Iran Air (flights do not go on the route only on Tuesdays and Mondays). If desired, a transfer can be made in Dushanbe, which is why the duration of the trip will be more than 9 hours, in Doha - 10 hours, in Baku or Minsk - more than 8 hours.
Those who set off on the flight St. Petersburg - Shiraz will stop at the Dubai airport and spend 13 hours and 15 minutes on the road. Those who fly to Shiraz from Moscow will be offered to make a stopover in Doha (the journey will take 14.5 hours), Istanbul (the trip will last up to 12.5 hours) or Tehran (the duration of the trip is about 9 hours).
The Moscow - Tabriz route involves a flight through Tehran (passengers will be on the spot after 10, 5 hours) or Istanbul (the journey will end after 11 hours).
Holidays in Iran
Guests of Iran are recommended to relax in Tehran (famous for the Yusef Abad synagogue, Golestan Palace, Azadi tower, 435-meter TV tower, St. more than 100 years, where the market was spread, as well as the Sangi hill, to the top of which there are steps hollowed out in the rocks, and the 15th century mosque, dedicated to 72 martyrs, and decorated with beautiful lamps and mosaics of the late Timurids period), go to the Shirabad waterfall (consists of 12 cascades, the largest of them falling from a 30-meter height) and to the Habr National Park (there you can climb the 3800-meter Chahbarf or the 3700-meter Serita, meet mountain sheep, Iranian antelope, wolves, golden eagles, wiggles).
Iranian beaches
Beach holidays in Iran are developed on the Kish island, the beaches of which are divided into male and female (you will have to pay $ 1 to enter the women's beach), are covered with sand and are famous for their cleanliness.
Souvenirs from Iran
Do not return from Iran without saffron and other spices, voluminous wood carvings, gold products, jewelry from Nishapur turquoise, Persian carpets, Iranian sweets, rose water, porcelain, ceramics, painted oriental dishes, colorful stoles, bedspreads "patyuzi", Iranian henna, damask steel products.
