Being completely disconnected on holiday isn’t as romantic as some purist travellers may suggest. It might be fine if you plan to stay on a beach or spend your days snorkelling with dolphins, but if you have to navigate your way around a country, travelling without access to GPS-assisted maps, currency converters and email seems […]
Winning tip: Aberkooh The desert town of Aberkooh, between Yazd and Shiraz, was a flourishing city on the Silk Road in the 10th century and largely destroyed by the Afghans in the mid-1700s. There’s a 4,000-year-old cypress tree, one of the best coffee shops in Iran, and the beautifully restored Aghazadeh Mansion with its double […]
Courses Women’s ski camps, Verbier, SwitzerlandElement ski school, set up in Verbier last year by a female ski instructor, is running women-only ski “camps” this winter. Weekend and week-long ski schools are aimed at three levels: intermediate, advanced and expert. Skiers get daily video feedback and action plans, plus life-coaching for “women who love mountains”.• […]
In a leafy street in Isfahan’s laid-back but ancient Jolfa quarter, away from Imam Square and the bazaar for which the city is renowned, the Isfahan Music Museum provides welcome refuge. A love letter to Iran’s rich musical heritage, the small museum is much more than a series of instruments hanging on a wall. […]
My beloved British friends! It has been 25 years since I threw that goodbye party in Brixton, complete with saffron-laden rice dishes, to bid you farewell before I returned to Iran. You were the cast of my life from the day I arrived as a homesick 12-year-old. From schoolgirl, to undergraduate, to Londoner, you were […]
Five Instagram feeds to follow Tiling in Golestan palace A useful first port of call is Tourism Iran’s official feed, which shows the kaleidoscopic mosaics of the country’s mosques and palaces, countryside, bustling and hill villages, as well as portraits of local workers. Women getting ready to roller skate at Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran. A […]
Imagine a verdant, landscape filled with rice paddies, tea plantations and olive groves. A land where you can hike up mountains in the thick mist of the morning and picnic by waterfalls on sun-weathered rocks in the afternoon. A land filled with golden apricots that taste like honey, peaches so succulent you barely notice the […]
Iran Eager to Receive Albanian Tourism InvestorsTEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian Vice President Ahmadipour said Iran would welcome Albanian investors to build the tourist infrastructure.Zahra Ahamadipour, Vice-President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism, made the comments on Sunday at a meeting with the visiting Albanian Foreign Minister, Ditmir Bushati.She pointed out that the country […]
Iran builds Mideast’s highest swing bridge Iran has unveiled the Middle East’s highest suspension bridge in the lap of nature in the northwestern Ardabil province, known for its magnificent pastures, hot mineral springs and towering mountains. The bridge over the river of Khiyav Chai in Meshginshhar is 345 meters long, suspended 80 meters above […]
THE GARDENS OF SHIRAZ Shiraz in ancient times possessed large and pleasant gardens, which unfortunately, through the revolutions and invasions of the past centuries, have disappeared, and of many of them nothing but their name in history remains.The natural situations, the equable climate and the sunshine in Shiraz caused such gardens to of travelers […]