Sheikh-Lotfollah Esfahan

... were free to get off to Yazd in the morning, so we went to a lovely restaurant overlooking my favourite dome of the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque for a celebration dinner. Everyone who had been to Yazd said it was the highlight of their trip. It would be ...

... were so cheap we would have that one too!!! Satisfied with out purchases, we went to visit the other mosques in the square. Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, which was originally the ladies mosque. It was built for the harem of Shah Abbas I so that they could ...

... we told him that we would pay for it on Monday !!! WE left him and decided to go and see the mosques. First up was Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque. It is beautiful from the outside, the most stunning I have seen, but inside it was 100 times better. 400 years ...

... friend we had met at Persepolis and was clearly on the same tourist trail. To cope with the disappointment of the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque being closed, Mohsen led us to the Azadogen Teahouse. Very ecclectic and all the more entertaining when your entire ...

... . Ilus on küll. Järgmine vanamees, oskab öelda "very good", näidata paari head pildistamiskohta ja palvetamisruumi. Sheikh Lotfollah moshee - LP järgi Iraani kõige peenem. Shahh Abbas I ehitas selle omale privaatmosheeks, Imaami moshee on laiade ...

... about 250m wide. In the middle of this square is a fountain, across from the fountain is the very photogenic Sheikh Lotfollah mosque. Around the square are thousands of small (mostly tasteful) tourist shops - housing carpets, tiles and minature ...

... actions.    Esfahan is a beautiful city.  We have visited the astoundingly pretty Imam Mosque, the beautiful Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (both located on impressive Imam Square), we have sucked on sugar cubes as we sipped our cay in ...

... ;being made just months after his death in 1629. Our next visit in Imam Square was to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque. A plaque inscribed with information about the mosque states that it is "the most beautiful mosque in the world". ...

... the room with a golden glow. From the Ali Qapu Palace terrace, on the other side of the square, there is wonderful view of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque's turquoise dome. The palace is a 6 story building boasting a panoramic view of the square. It is easy to ...

... the usual blue glazed tiles. From here we crossed the square to the Ali Qapu palace, which sits directly opposite the Sheikh Lotfollah mosque. This multi storey palace has a massive balcony overlooking the square, from which the shah used to watch the ...