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Shiraz Slideshow
Top Hotels in Shiraz
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Homa Hotel Shiraz
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Eram Hotel Shiraz
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Aryo Barzan Hotel Shiraz
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Parsian Hotel Shiraz
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Pars International Hotel Shiraz
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Park Hotel Shiraz
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Shiraz
Travel Blogs from Shiraz, Iran
Hello, I love you
This is a top pick! ... young boy shouted from his bike, 'I love yooouuuuuuuu!!!!'. I'm sure they've kept some of those famous fermented grapes hidden somewhere. Shiraz - the town of love. We went to see the Jameh Mosque which was big and old and then walked for ages to ...
Off to Shiraz
This is a top pick! ... Jet probably constructed in the former USSR by the looks of it...but we made it safely to our destination. After arriving in Shiraz, we saw the citadel and the museum. In the afternoon we had some sheesha and tea after strolling through the ...
Persepolis and the Nomads
This is a top pick! ... was up at the local school where many of the younger children study. When they get older, they have a subsidized education in Shiraz paid for by the government. The kids were so cute. Dee led them though a simple english lesson and I ...
Red Red Wiiiiiiiine
This is a top pick! ... to return !!! We had purchased our tickets and we were on our way to the home of the red wine that is know as Shiraz !!! Amazingly, I managed to make another mate on the bus. Not being very popular in either Australia or the UK, the Iranians love me. A ...
kokkupuude tsensuuriga
Hotellist välja tshekkamise päev. Vahetame hunniku raha ja tuvastame, et raamatukogu internetipunktis on reisijutuleht sedapuhku liigitatud iraanivaenulikuks. Mis teha. Hotellis töötab, nagu näha. Lennuk Shirazi läheb 19:20. Manustame ...
Chunky Kitkats and Dunkin Donuts!
... 2 days!! I only ventured out on the last evening to go and get pizza and chips!!! (An authentic last meal in Iran!) Even the airport in Shiraz was very civilised – and there were chunky kitkats, snickers and bountys!! And even better – my bag ...
Iranian guides!!!
... you spend 24/7 with them and you feel like you have known them for years. There were 20 of us leaving today, all going to Shiraz to stay in a hotel before we all take our flights etc in the next few days. Going to miss Trav and the Irish, the family ...
Photo Gallery of Persepolis and Naqsh-E Rostam
The granduer of Persepolis and the Necropolis of Naqsh-E Rostam - the pictures speak for themselves. ...
Iran out of clever titles for my blog....
... were all on strike. Otherwise, the bazaar was very interesting. After our day visit in Tehran we flew to Shiraz, in the southern part of Iran. We'll return to Tehran at the end of the trip for a more in-depth experience, including the Imam ...
I won't wine about this place
8 Shiraz The people of this city are known to be a relaxed and lazy, so I knew I would fit right in. The city had some lovely sights; mausoleums with beautiful gardens and as we are used to now, large, beautifully designed and decorated Mosques. The ...
Step by Step
... interesting story of his rise once we’ve visited his tomb. After a day full of ancient history, we headed back to Shiraz for a relaxing evening. During the hunt for some food in the evening I ended up experiencing once again why Alexander the Great ...
Message from Iran (via Ian)
... not been affected by the violence in Iran. He hasn't been in Tehran for the violence, he left before it began and is in Shiraz. No, they don't make wine there, apparently the Australians stole the name and gave it to their wine or something like that. He ...
First hitchhiking in Iran
... since he could wait a whole day). He found a quite dusky trucker, that could take me 300 km down the road (100 km from Shiraz where I was headed). After we started to drive Khalil, the trucker, pulled out a propane-burner to toast some sort of drugs he ...
linnatuur
Hommikul bukime järgmiseks päevaks tuuri Persepolisesse koos lisadega. Saame päevaks kaasa bukleti, et valida ülehomseks välja üks loodusematk. Käime kindluses Arg-e Karim Khani, kus tehakse hoolega remonti. Üks torn on viltu, ja mitte vähe. ...
Perceptions of Persepolis - Grandeur of the Ruins
A blazing white hot day greeted us as we sped from Shiraz city to the ancient ruins of Persepolis, some 70 kilometers north-east of Shiraz on the slopes of Mount Rahmat. The magnificent site of Persepolis, once known as Parsa or "The City of Persians" is ...
The City of Poets
... away before they get confiscated. We quickly did what was advised and boarded the aircraft. The flight from Tehran to Shiraz took about 2 hours, the flight was uneventful but scenic. We flew past the Zagros Mountains, which runs North/South to the ...
Home of the poets
Shiraz is home to some of Iran's most famous poets and our Mount Sabalan friends. They kindly took us on a tour of the city and we dined in a trendy shopping mall that evening. We are grateful for their friendship...and the petroleum ...
Sloppy soup, pommes grenades and cold kebabs
... come here is to visit the ruins of Persepolis. We decided that we would go to Persepolis tomorrow. The streets of Shiraz were pretty empty. Most businesses were closed. We didnt see anything major. The only thing worth mentioning was that we ...
Persepolis e Pasargada (prox. Shiraz)
... ; Sem grande importância estratégica, religiosa ou industrial, Shiraz é hoje um centro administrativo e mais conhecida por suas universidades, que também conferem um clima mais avant-garde e ...
Shiraz – „proper sightseeing” th
... Ebrahima – Mosen’a, ktory studiuje w Goeteborgu w Szwecji. Dzieki jego znajomosci naturalnych atrakcji w okolicach Shiraz ruszlismy rano nad wodospad, gdzie zrobilismy sobie krotki piknik. Pozniej powrocilismy do Shiraz, spotkalismy sie ...
Persepolis - ancient glory, modern wonder
... the rest of the trip. First stop was the Qu'ran Gate (Darvazeh-ye Quran) the original entrance to the city of Shiraz. It is an ancient Persian custom, still practised by some that all travellers pass underneath a Quran before undertaking a journey. The ...
Kashan to Shiraz
... plane the next day (and Gianluca was heading to Turkey), and then I could get the bus to Esphahan, and hopefully a midnight train to Shiraz. We arrived in Naien through the means of course by hith-hiking. This was a much more modern truck, but the only ...
Wieder mit James unterwegs / On the way with James
Destination 72: km62'961 Nach Besichtigung von Irans Akropolis, Perspolis, Miniride nach Shiraz um einige Sachen zu erledigen. Deutsches Bikerpaerchen Ingo und Mareike zwar nicht getroffen, aber dafuer war James wieder da. XXXXX Afer a ...
Persepolýs - A day at the ruins
... out on the side of the walls of a large mountain (also partly copýed from wýkýpedýa :)). From there we went back to Shiraz. Connor and I slept for pretty much the whole way. When we got to Shiraz, we gave the happy driver 120 000 Rials. It was ...
Leaving the Truck!
... Pakistan so most of us were having to fly over from Iran to India. Rob, Sam, Amelia and myself were flying from Shiraz, the city nearest Persepolis, to Mumbai two days later so were leaving the truck the next day. It was a weird to know we ...
Iran-Iraq War Martyrs - Flying the Fallen
... were relieved not to see the hard working donkeys that toiled the farms in the other parts of rural Iran we visited. Further toward Shiraz city, the countryside changed again, revealing large pink-orange rocky outcrops, huge escarpments and fascinating ...
shiraz
... hotel room, which some friendly clothing shop blokes helped us get on to, all cloak-and-daggerlike. wandering the streets of shiraz i discovered some of the wonders of irananian cuisine.... (see photos). before leaving shiraz, on the way to the bus ...
Ruins, police and aeroplanes
... ! On leaving the trip Ata wrote "True Love" in Persian for us which we'll be sure to incorporate into our wedding somehow. Shiraz was an interesting little place although we didn't leave the hotel for a long period of time! We paid 25USD and got a ...
katkised kivid
14 päeva täis ja Martti definitsiooni järgi turism läbi ja alanud reis :) Täna saame oma "privieit" tuuri Persepolisesse ja muudesse kohtadesse, kus katkiseid kive (kokku 55 $). Kohalike produtseeritud inglisekeelsed tekstid on üldse paras ...