Amir Chakhmaq Square Amir Chakhmaq Square is square located in the heart of the city and named after Amir Jalaleddin Chakhmaq the governor of Yazd. It includes several old structures such as a bazar, mosque, water storage and mausoleum that are all listed as national heritage sites.Read More

Jameh Mosque of Yazd The Jameh Mosque of Yazd is a 12century mosque which is still being used today. According to historians the mosque was constructed in the site of the Sassanid fire temple. The mosque is crowned by a pair of minarets, the highest in Iran, and the portal’s is decorated from top to...Read More

Dowlat Abad Garden Dowlat Abad Garden is a UNESCO world heritage site built around 1750.It was built on the tradition and principle of symmetrical design of the Persian garden and has the tallest wind catcher in all of Iran standing over 33m.Read More

Zoroastrian Fire Temple The Zoroastrian Fire Temple also known as Atashkadeh Yazd is a place of worship for the Zoroastrians. It holds the Atash Bahram meaning the victorious fire which has been burning from 400 BC. The Bahram Atash is one of nine in the world the and other eight are in India.Read More

Tower of Silence The Tower of Silence, a circular raised structure built by Zoroastrians for decomposing of dead bodies. They do this by exposing the dead bodies to carrion birds usually vultures. The reason for this unusual method is that they did not want the body to be exposed to the elements which are sacred in...Read More

Fine Garden The Fine garden ranks among the finest traditional gardens in Iran. Tracing its history at least to the 5th millennium B.C. the fin garden was kept alive with never ending water from the Soleimaniyeh spring perhaps as old as history itself. The garden contains numerous cypress trees and combines architectural features of the...Read More

Shah Mosque The Shah Mosque is in the south side of the Square and is the largest and the most magnificent monument of the Savavid reign. It was built by the order of Shah Abbas. Unlike most buildings of importance in the Islamic period, this square did not lie in alignment with Mecca, so beside the entrance...Read More

Ali Qapu Palace The Ali Qapu Palace is located on the western side of the Square, opposite to Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque. It is forty-eight meters high and has six floors. The Ali Qapu generally is the entrance or supreme gate to the complex of palaces and public buildings of the Safavi Government.Read More

Naghshe Jahan Square There are moments in travel that will long stay with you and your first sight of Esfahan’s majestic Naqsh Jahan (Imam) Square is one of them.Naqsh-e Jahan Square is the most magnificent sight of Isfahan. A huge arena 510m long and 163m wide it is the second largest historical square in the world....Read More

Chehel Soton Palace The Chehel Sotun Palace translated to Farsi means the 40-pillar palace in persian. The palace itself only has 20 pillars, but because of the reflection of the pillars on the water it turns in to 40. Built by the order of Shah Abbas II it is one of the 9 Persian gardens...Read More