Parsian Hotel Shiraz

Roudaki Street, Zand Avenue Shiraz, Iran

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Discover Shiraz and Persepolis

A travel blog entry by longtail

Drive to Pasargardae, the capital of Cyru the Great and the city where his tomb is to be found. Today Pasargadae is one of Iran's 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great, in Pars, homeland of the Persians, in the 6th century BC. Its palaces, gardens and the mausoleum of Cyrus are outstanding examples of the first phase of royal Achaemenid art ...

Shiraz

A travel blog entry by melindaoba

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... une ville vraiment agréable.
Elle fut la cité la plus importante du monde islamique médiéval et la capitale de l'Iran durant la dynastie Zand (1747-1779).
C'est une ville de poètes et y reposent 2 parmi les plus célèbres d'entre eux : Hafez et Sa'di. Leurs tombes sont des lieux de pèlerinage pour de nombreux Iraniens, qui s'y recueillent avec un immense respect et admiration.

Grâce à ...

Ungerwägs si…

A travel blog entry by michu

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Mir hocke ume eis im bus quer dürne wüesti und üse Silk Road trip geit langsam am äendi zue. Sit mer in Xian (China) ufbroche si heimer ca. 11,500km und 230 stund imene bus, zug oder outo hinger üs gleit! Obwohl, d Silk Road no witergieng, via Bagdad (Irak) uf Damaskus (Syrien) oder via Armenie id Tuerkei isches momentan eifach z chaut und Irak und Syria nid sicher. Drum flügemer mau mitem nächste budget flüger uf Sharjah (naebe Dubai) um die arabischi halbinsle ...

Silk Road Summary

A travel blog entry by michu

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Since we left Xian in China we traveled approx. 11,500km mostly along the Silk Road through Pakistan and Afghanistan into Iran by bus, train and car where we spent a total of 230 hours. The Silk Road continues across Iraq to Syria and via Armenia to Turkey, but the snow and cold weather got the better of us and we decided to fly to warmer territory and explore the Arabian Peninsula.

Unfortunately many impressions ...

The end of Iran

A travel blog entry by robdelaney

... around town, which was sort of what I was planning on doing anyway. After a while Tom mentioned that he wanted to grab some food, so we headed towards a fast food joint. It was then that my friend from the night before became somewhat dismayed, as unaware to me his family was cooking us lunch while we walked around. I knew that Tom just wouldn’t go for this, so I bit the bullet and ventured there on my own with my middle aged companion.

Upon my arrival I was ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Parsian