Stars Valley Stars Valley was created as the result of the erosion of soil and stones by wind and rain. The two-million-year-old Stars Valley is located on the west of the village of Berkeh Khalaf, 5 kilometers from the southern coast of the Qeshm Island. The Stars Valley is one of the most beautiful masterpieces...Read More
Castle of the Portuguese One of the tourist attractions of Qeshm Island is the Castle of the Portuguese which was built in 1507 on the northern side of Qeshm Island by a Portuguese sailor called Afonso de Albuquerque. By constructing several castles in Iran’s southern ports and islands, the Portuguese acquired full authority over southern Iran,...Read More
Water Museum Water Museum displays the tool, techniques used for the past 4000 years in Iran in creating underground waterways (called Qanats) and connecting them to the city and field locations for agricultural and other uses. Before the Romans built their aqueducts, Iranians had built an extensive system of underground qanats (aqueduct). A lot of...Read More
Zein-o-Din Caravanserai The Zein-o-Din Caravanserai is located in Zein-o-din, Yazd, Iran. The caravanserai dates to the 16th century and is situated on the ancient Silk Road. It is one of 999 such inns that were built during the reign of Shah Abbas I to provide facilities to travelers. Of these, Zein-o-din is one of two...Read More
Arg-e Bam The Arg-e Bam is the largest adobe building in the world and It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site “Bam and its Cultural Landscape”. The origin of this enormous citadel on the Silk Road can be traced back to the Achaemenid Empire (sixth to fourth centuries BC) and...Read More
Bisotun is at the foot of Bisotun mountain, the flank of which is the location of an important historical site. The imperial road from Ekbatana to Babylon passes at the foot of the mountain. On the rocky slopes king Darius I left the Behistun Inscription.Read More
Taq-e Bostan means “Arch of the Garden” or “Arch made by stone which is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia (Iran), carved around the 4th century AD.Read More
Kangavar is best known for the archaeological remains of a mixed Sassanid and Achaemenid-style edifice and the town was mentioned by Isidore of Charax in the 1st century AD. Excavation first began in 1968, by which time the “large structure with its great columns set on a high stone platform” had been associated with a...Read More
Tomb of Esther and Mordechai Then you will also visit the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai which is located in Hamadan, Iran. Believed by some to house the remains of the biblical Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai, it is the most important pilgrimage site for Jews in the country.Read More
Avicenna Mausoleum Ibn Sina, also known as Abu Ali Sina and often known in the west as Avicenna (c. 980 – June 1037) was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age. He has been described as the father of early modern...Read More
