The best places to visit in Iran and its attractions tell you a lot about ancient ages. Every country has its own attractions. Behind every attraction there are a lot of stories. Every story tells us about the specific time, age and history. From each country’s history we can understand many things about societies, art, architecture, cultures, behavior, wars and all events at that time. By travelling and visiting the special places all over the world many secrets will reveal for you. Now in this assay we are going to introduce the best and more popular places of Iran to you. In Iran there are historic places and remains which date back to different ages that we recommend travel and history lovers go and visit there. Of course, Iran is rich in natural places and many tourists are so enthusiastic to see the jungles, deserts, mountains, seas and beaches of Iran and we will talk about them more in future in our website.
- Persepolis or Takht-e Jamshid
- Naqsh-e Rostam or Necropolis
- Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque of Isfahan
- Dome of Soltaniyeh in Zanjan
- Ali Qapu palace of Isfahan
- Eram botanical garden of Shiraz
- Karim Khan castle of Shiraz
- Vakil mosque of Shiraz
- Vank Cathedral of Isfahan
- Dowlat Abad Garden of Yazd
Persepolis or Takht-e Jamshid
One of the best places to visit in Iran or maybe in the world is a city that indicates the lifestyle in 2550 years ago and maybe more. Documents, art and architecture and all remains in this ancient city show how the governor of 48 percent of the entire world took control of the Persian empire. Persepolis or Takht-e Jamshid complex in Marvdasht city of Iran consists of several places were used to be a big center of government. All document that you can see there are the textures which are written in Ancient Persian, Babylonia and Elamite language. The pictures of important political events have been engraved on the stone walls and tell you what happened then. The texts are speeches from the kings and also the laws of society which are the proof of human right existence at that time.
Naqsh-e Rostam or Necropolis
Another best places to visit in Iran Necropolis in Greek and the Dead Land in English is name of a city in where four great Achaemenid kings and some of them with their families have been buried. Crypts made in the heart of the mountain with their particular art and lithography around the entrance of them. You can see that special art which is dedicated to Achaemenid kings all over the Persepolis and Necropolis. This art, text and all remains convey their opinion and which stem from their religion.
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque of Isfahan
Generally, Isfahan is one of the best provinces to visit in Iran. The most places of this city, pay attention please I’m saying the city not the province date back to Safavid Dynasty and especially this mosque shows you the art and delicacy of architecture in almost 400 years ago. The magnificent multi-colored tiling will attract every tourist who visit there. The king at that time used to be Abbas the Great of Safavid.
Dome of Soltaniyeh in Zanjan
This place was built by Soltan Mohammad Khodabande or Oljaito. His religion used to be Christian before he started building this landmark. During the process of building this place he changed his religion and got Muslim. He made this monument in order to bring Imam Ali’s corpse from Najaf city to Zanjan and bury him under this great dome. In terms of architecture there are magnificent points in this building that make you wonder during your visit.
Ali Qapu palace of Isfahan
Another great monument built in Safavid age. In addition to Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque of Isfahan, Abbasi Mosque and Naqsh-e Jahan ancient bazaar are also near this place and can be great package for your historic Iran tour.
Eram botanical garden of Shiraz
Traditional and ancient gardens in Iran have especial architecture. The architecture per se has its own philosophy. The thing is considered in the philosophy is the harmony between the human and the nature. If you get the chance to visit ancient Persian garden, pay attention that there is a mansion inside the garden. The place for residents is surrounded by tall trees and grass. Eram botanical garden of Shiraz is one of the best places of Iran to visit which tells you about the importance of gardening in Persian architecture during the history.
Karim Khan castle of Shiraz
Karim Khan Zand the founder of Zandieh dynasty ordered to build this castle for him. He built here to protect the governor who was himself at that time. At Karim khan’s age, people were willing about the situation. Karim Khan named himself Vakil Al-Ro’aya which means peoples’ representation because he believed he didn’t boss people around, but he represented them. He made this great and big palace with four fortresses, four sides for different seasons, a big yard and and the garden in the middle. We invite you to read more about that in our website.
Vakil mosque of Shiraz
This is another magnificent mosque in Iran which was made at the behest of Karim Khan Zand near Vakil bazaar. Because of the crowd, they needed such place for traders and people who came to buy things in bazaar. So, they decided to build a great magnificent mosque for them with great art and architecture. We suggest you visit this mosque when you go to Iran and Shiraz.
Vank cathedral of Isfahan
This 370-year-old church indicates that in Safavid age despite building several mosques in this city for Muslims, Christian people also made their own temples and some place for their own worship. They had their own right between plenty of Muslim people and used to live beside each other without any problem. More important than that you can visit beautiful art and painting inside that. The architecture of this place is the combination of Persian methods with Christian and western principle.
Dowlatabad Garden of Yazd
This magnificent garden made by a lord named Mohammad Taghi khan who was living in 1125 SH in Zand Dynasty. This garden has gotten the pattern from Persian architecture with almost the same layout. As we in said Eram section in this page in If you visit Persian ancient garden in different cities like Kerman, Isfahan, Shiraz, Yazd you can realize the custom and method of gardening in Iranian architecture. By the way the king’s seat in this garden has the tallest windcatcher in Iran.