Shiraz, Iran Travel Blogs

Off to Shiraz
Jun 10, 2007 (16 photos)

... 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 bazaar.  ...

Hello, I love you
Sep 19, 2005 (16 photos)

... 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 the ...

Persepolis and the Nomads
Jun 12, 2007 (26 photos)

... 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
Sep 20, 2005 (53 photos)

... 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 ...

End of the persian game (2/2)
Nov 18, 2008

Teheran, le bordel. Esfahan, le bijou. Yazd, le calme. On m'avait vendu la quatrième des grandes villes iraniennes, Shiraz, comme le plus beau témoin du raffinement iranien. La cité a une histoire assez particulière : on attendit la conquête arabe pour en faire ...

kokkupuude tsensuuriga
Nov 6, 2006 (2 photos)

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 hamburgeri, sedapuhku ...

BVAWT026 - OISS
Oct 3, 2008

OISS - Shiraz International Airport

Message from Iran (via Ian)
Jun 21, 2009

... 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 ...

End of the persian game (1/2)
Nov 18, 2008

... rendu étant tout de même immense c'est assez enchanté, quoi que surpris par le froid (mais quand est-ce que je quitte le nord du pays ??), que je débarquai à Shiraz.                

First hitchhiking in Iran
Dec 11, 2006 (7 photos)

... 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 was ...

linnatuur
Nov 8, 2006 (11 photos)

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. Vaatame kaks mosheed ...

Home of the poets
Sep 17, 2008 (21 photos)

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 ...

Persepolis - ancient glory, modern wonder
Nov 5, 2008 (13 photos)

... 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 ...

Sloppy soup, pommes grenades and cold kebabs
Sep 12, 2008

... 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 went ...

Wieder mit James unterwegs / On the way with James
Oct 27, 2006 (4 photos)

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 mini- ...

Kashan to Shiraz
Oct 14, 2008 (3 photos)

... 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 driver ...

Persepolýs - A day at the ruins
Sep 13, 2008

... got to Shiraz, we gave the happy driver 120 000 Rials. It was nothing for us but enough for him to be happy.   Once in Shiraz, I went to visit Zarah at her office to see if she could help me get a bus ticket for Yazd. I ended up buying a ticket for ...

shiraz
Dec 26, 2006 (10 photos)

... 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 ...

katkised kivid
Nov 8, 2006 (7 photos)

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 naljanumber. ...

loodusering
Nov 9, 2006 (9 photos)

... Agency viib inimesi päevase etteteatamisega igale poole Shirazi ümbruses. Räägivad keeli ka. www.key2parsia.com. LP järgi on Shiraz kuulus oma meditsiinihariduse poolest ja seetõttu hea koht haigeks jäämiseks. Katsetame seda kerge kõhutõvega (mehed ON nõrgemad) ...

The ruins of Persepolis
Sep 17, 2008 (18 photos)

 

Mirjaveh - Zahedan - Bam - Kerman - Shiraz
Nov 12, 2007 (15 photos)

... in the late afternoon after spending almost 10 hours on the road.        Once in Shiraz you pass by impressive historical buildings with architectural designs like I've never seen before and once again, I ...

Persepolis and shopping malls
May 19, 2008 (12 photos)

shiraz

Persepolis
Jun 30, 2007 (9 photos)

Shiraz, que l on viste surtout pour sa proximite avec Persepols, est aussi busy que Mashad et Yazd ce qui commence a me fatigue un peu. La ville est grande et les sites a visiter eloignes et pas forcement simple a trouver. Avec le bruit de la circulation ...

Shiraz
May 30, 2005 (4 photos)

... of the locals. A few steps further up, we settled down at an outdoor teahouse overlooking the sparkling lights of Shiraz. Over fruit-flavoured bubbly water pipes, astringent but sugary tea, and pseudo ice cream, we made quick friends with other patrons. ...

Shiraz - the audacity of hope!
Nov 5, 2008 (1 photos)

Shiraz - Obama - hope A heady mix for an Irishman on holiday..... My frustration with tv provision in Iran was not helped by our hotel in Shiraz. Perfectly lovely hotel but a fuzzy reception where CNN was meant to be. This turned out to be a room by ...

Persepolis
May 30, 2005 (57 photos)

... from the shores of the Danube River, to the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Libya, part of Sudan, Iran itself, Afghanistan and Pakistan. At its zenith, there were 23 provinces ("satrapies") under its administration and rule. When Cyrus ...

Shiraz - Persepolis - Shiraz
Nov 13, 2007 (10 photos)

Itinary : Shiraz - Persepolis - Shiraz Dates : 13th of November 2007 Mileage in Iran : 1330 km Mileage so far : 13030 km I decided for the first time since Delhi to stay 2 days in the same place...Finally! Felt good not to have to pack the bags and ...

Shiraz
May 29, 2005 (4 photos)

... . The chaos, cacophony, pollution of the traffic in Shiraz once again brought me back to urban life in Iran. Like in Esfahan, Shiraz has a central tree-lined boulevard around which the life of the city revolves. The main movie theatres, bookstores, ...

No wine here, sorry
Feb 11, 2008 (29 photos)

... want a bottle of Shiraz in Australia. But here you obviously won't find any of  at.. unless you ask for it ;) After Esfhan Shiraz wasn't that amazing to be honest. Though i think that had to do with the fact that it was winter and I think Shiraz is ...