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• View the many sights of Tehran, modern and ancient, from the eight minarets of the Shahid Motahari Mosque.
• See the towns that have preserved much of their original character. Rey, Varamin, Qazvin and Shemshak are all within easy reach of the capital.
• Glimpse a magic carpet at the Rassam Cultural and Art Foundation of Carpet in Tehran, which includes a carpet weaving school, and the Carpet Museum of Iran (website: www.carpetmuseum.ir), whose oldest carpet is 450 years old.
• Witness 15th-century Persia in the country's second-largest city, Tabriz. Sights include a ruined but restored fine blue mosque that was built in 1465 and the covered Qaisariyeh Bazaar.
• See the salt lake and the town of Uromieh, about 22km (14 miles) away, which claims to be the birthplace of Zoroaster. Other towns worth visiting include Ardabil, Astara, Bandar-e Anzali and Rasht.
• See the magnificent central square in Esfahan, former capital of Persia and UNESCO World Heritage Site. At roughly seven times larger than Piazza San Marco, it is the city's most remarkable feature, though there are also mosques, palaces, bridges, bazaars and gardens that are worthy of visits.
• Whilst in Esfahan, don't miss one of Iran's finest buildings, the Friday Mosque (Masjid-e Jomeh) or the Shaikh Lotfullah Mosque, famous for the stalactite effect of its northern entrance.
• See the ninth-century antiquities of Shiraz, capital of the Fars Province. About 50km (30 miles) away is Persepolis, also on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and famous for the Ceremonial Seat of Darius, built on an enormous platform carved out of the Kuhe Rahmat.
• Witness a site of ancient education in Khorasan, a large province in the east where a great revival of learning occurred in the early Middle Ages. Mashhad, a former trading post on the Silk Road, is the capital of the region.
• See the several stunning mosques and the ruined citadel in the city of Kerman, in the southern desert region.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• See the towns that have preserved much of their original character. Rey, Varamin, Qazvin and Shemshak are all within easy reach of the capital.
• Glimpse a magic carpet at the Rassam Cultural and Art Foundation of Carpet in Tehran, which includes a carpet weaving school, and the Carpet Museum of Iran (website: www.carpetmuseum.ir), whose oldest carpet is 450 years old.
• Witness 15th-century Persia in the country's second-largest city, Tabriz. Sights include a ruined but restored fine blue mosque that was built in 1465 and the covered Qaisariyeh Bazaar.
• See the salt lake and the town of Uromieh, about 22km (14 miles) away, which claims to be the birthplace of Zoroaster. Other towns worth visiting include Ardabil, Astara, Bandar-e Anzali and Rasht.
• See the magnificent central square in Esfahan, former capital of Persia and UNESCO World Heritage Site. At roughly seven times larger than Piazza San Marco, it is the city's most remarkable feature, though there are also mosques, palaces, bridges, bazaars and gardens that are worthy of visits.
• Whilst in Esfahan, don't miss one of Iran's finest buildings, the Friday Mosque (Masjid-e Jomeh) or the Shaikh Lotfullah Mosque, famous for the stalactite effect of its northern entrance.
• See the ninth-century antiquities of Shiraz, capital of the Fars Province. About 50km (30 miles) away is Persepolis, also on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and famous for the Ceremonial Seat of Darius, built on an enormous platform carved out of the Kuhe Rahmat.
• Witness a site of ancient education in Khorasan, a large province in the east where a great revival of learning occurred in the early Middle Ages. Mashhad, a former trading post on the Silk Road, is the capital of the region.
• See the several stunning mosques and the ruined citadel in the city of Kerman, in the southern desert region.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.