Travel

According to Dolat Information Site, Central Headquarters of Travel Service has a few recommendations for those about to take the last summer trip in Iran: head for least frequented towns; try to…

Shah Abbasi Caravanserai located in Bisotun, Kermanshah Province, is to become a 4-star hotel, Cultural Heritage News Agency reported, quoting Khosro Mansubi head of Hotels Association.

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Amid the overcrowded Hassan Abad and Imam Khomeini squares of Tehran one will seldom notice the door of a unique museum in Sheikh Hadi Street.

As soon as you set foot on the entrance…

Kharraqan twin tomb-towers located in Hesar Valiasr village, Avaj city, Qazvin Province, date back to Seljuk era.  

Perhaps they are the oldest octagonal two-layer domes with four…

Health tourism is a profitable industry, says Masoud Soltanifar, head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.

Medical costs are 20 to 30 percent lower in Iran…

James Desmond lives in Lake District, England.  He can usually be found cycling or hiking in the fells. In July 2012 James quit his job to go in search of adventure. He set off on his…

Wood smugglers set fire to an outpost in Khalilshahr, Mazandaran Province on Saturday, IRNA said quoting head of provincial environment office Masood Habibi. The culprits used hand made bombs to…

Gileboom 'the roof of Gilan' is an innovative eco-lodge, set up last year in Qasemabad Sofla, a county in the northern province of Gilan.

The lodging has gained noticeable success in a…

Fifth Firoozeh Photography Festival of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan will announce its top 13 photographs on September 15, as stated by cultural department of Tabriz Municipality. The subjects put…

Karaftu is a natural limestones cave in northwest of Divandarreh County, Kurdistan Province. It was first explored by a Russian orientalist Khanikov in 1917.

Archaeological speculation…

The first invention of water treatment was recorded in 1852. In 1938 the first water refinery was installed in Saudi Arabia, while Iranians had the technology thousands of years ago.

The 75-year-old expert on the Avestan, Pahlavi and Elamite languages was assigned in early June to decipher the brick and stone inscriptions kept at the Shoosh Castle near Susa, the capital of…

Shriabad Park and waterfalls is 7 km south of Khanbebin, in Fenderesk district of Golestan Province. With jungles, waterfalls, and a cave it is a well-known tourist destination especially in…

A disaster relief training camp was inaugurated in Manjil, Gilan Province, IRNA reported. This is the first such camp established by the Red Crescent with the purpose of creating teamwork and…

The Department of Environment will take stringent measures to protect, clean and replenish the rivers, head of DoE Masumeh Ebtekar told ISNA. Environmental issues have been given top priority by…

Want it modified, enhanced, drilled out, implanted or just plain alleviated? As this excerpt from Lonely Planet’s 1,000 Ultimate Experiences says, whatever the medical need, there’s a place…

The World Health Organization expressed concern about Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, IRNA reported.

Between September 2 and 9 there have been 31 more…

Many Westerners fail to appreciate ways in which Iran is an advanced and even liberal state, Ben Winsor, writes in Business Insider of Sep 5:

“I observed some of these incongruities when I…

Endowment and Charity Organization has created a website to introduce descendants of Imams and their shrines.

The site www.emamzadegan.ir  has included 500 shrines so far. The…

Four tourists lost their way in Maranjab Desert, Isfahan Province on September 3. Two of them were saved by salt miners. Relief corps, local guides, rangers, police, and military forces searched…

Iran is planning to recommend the historical port of Siraf, Bushehr Province to UNESCO for registration on the World Heritage list, Press TV reported.

The ancient port, often called Bandar…

After achieving an historic milestone in 2012 – of one billion people traveling the world in a single year – international tourism continued its momentum with a 5% growth in 2013, or an additional…

The Carpet Museum of Iran - located in Tehran, besides Laleh Park, founded in 1976, exhibits a variety of the greatest Persian carpets from the 18th century to date. On display are more than 135…

Iran enjoys many different beaches with different moods and a wide range of holiday experiences. Shores of the Caspian Sea have mild and relatively cold weather and southern parts enjoy moderate…

Over 20 government offices and organizations in charge of travel and tourism agreed to organize Iraqi visitors' travel to Iran, at the 4th meeting of the workgroup for tourists.