Pariz Apartment Hotel Tehran

... fortresses as their residence and strongholds in some hard-reaching areas of Iran since Seljuk period. The pioneer of this school of thought whose name is always associated with Ismailis, Hassan-e-Sabbah, was living in this fortress until he died a natural death. Taking a trip to Alamut fortress will provide you with an opportunity to get acquainted with the mentality of this group of Iranians who had cast fear and awe into the hearts of the ...

... on cushions on the white tiled floor (the furniture wasn't due to arrive until the next day) and exchanged our tales about Iran. After a while we were shown to our room, one of many large rooms upstairs with an adjoining bathroom. The house was huge! We climbed into bed, thoroughly enjoying our first night not staying in a hotel after 6 weeks on the road. <br><br>The house was a hive of activity when we rose the next morning, the gardener was pruning the beautiful front garden, a ...

... br> We finally reached the sprawling capital city around 3:30pm, headed down the main road and soon found ourselves in the midst of a huge post-election protest march. Signs in English declared "where is my vote?" and &#8220;election not selection&#8221;. Emotions were high, as was the noise level and 'Kristina&#8217; naturally stood out from the crowd. Our progress came to a standstill as the vehicles around us ...

... from their recent trip to Thailand. I swear I could have been in Pacific Heights. His fiance is a Grey's Anatomy fan and is able to download the episodes off the internet within 24 hours of them being aired on TV in the US. Incredible. I told her about Real Housewives of NYC, one of my favorite trash reality-TV shows on Bravo, and suggested that maybe they should think about doing a Real Housewives of Tehran :) It's hard to believe it's ...

... Our diet consists of camel meat, feta cheese and bread accompanied with tea at all times. what to say about Iran?! after spending 5 days here I must say that you must look hard to find friendlier. On the street, in the metro and in the restaurants, everywhere, people approach us, welcoming us to Iran and offer us their help with any problem that you might have as a tourists in Iran. Within 5 seconds from the start of us looking confused trying to read a Farsi ...

... immense, la technique de certains de mes conducteurs me régalant. Un mot concrêt supplémentaire : si les minibus et les bus sont légions entre les villes iraniennes (comme chez les arabes), les trajets entre les murs se font dans une contradiction assez géniale : le trop grand nombre de bagnoles rend la circulation impossible, mais dans le même temps il ...

... had "tableaux" of various scenes such as a Qajar wedding and one of a teahouse (big respect to those tea drinkers!!). I can't recall now at what point luncheon fitted in, but we were carted off to the Ferdosi hotel where we had the option of a buffet lunch. Cost - R100,000 (or US$10 for you and me). Now this may not seem like the most forbidding of sums, but when the tour guide has told you during the day that you're going to need about US$500 just for food and ...

... that people weren't allowed to take photos. So I took a few reluctantly. A local saw me and said that I shouldn't. Ali said to just ignore him and snap away but I didn't after that. I want convinced that I was allowed. I felt bad for Ali as he was dying of thirst but didn't want to drink in public as it was Ramadan. He eventually broke and bought a small bottle of water and would take a swig every now and then when no one was watching. Our next stop was the Jewel museum which ...

... walk through the bazaar, a young Iranian guy approached us as he overheard us speaking English. He was interested in finding out about who I was and why I was in Iran. The guy's name was Majid (not his real name) and he worked in his family's carpet shop close by. He ended up being a super nice guy and had a lot to say. He actually couldn't stop talking. His English was perfect so it was easy to listen to him. He talked a lot about Iran and how things worked here. He talked ...

... had a Mazda 3, the same car I drove back home. It was the first time since I left home that I even thought about my car. I told the guys I had a restaurant in mind to take them to but they said they had something else in mind. I was fine with that. So we ended up driving around Tehran for about 2 hours. I was wondering if we were even going to go out to eat. It felt like Shayse was more interested in demonstrating his reckless driving skills. He definitely drove like the ...