In this modern era, due to the increase of online shopping and the development of the hotel industry, online booking of hotels like many other services related to tourism has become easier than before. But choosing the right hotel from cheap hotels for our trips is not always as easy. Staying at a good hotel when you travel really can make a big difference ...

IFP - Omans minster of heritage and culture has praised the huge number of tourist attractions in Iran, stressing the countrys great capacity in the field of tourism should be used to promote the Islamic Republics image across the world. In a recent meeting in Irans Qazvin province, Omani Minister Ahmed bin Nasser al-Mahrizi said Iran and Oman ...

BBC | Shervin Abdolhamidi: In the first part of Jonathan Swifts book Gullivers Travels, Lemuel Gulliver washes ashore on the island country of Lilliput, where he encounters the Lilliputians, who stand barely taller than 15cm. While Swifts Lilliput is merely a fantasy, a comparable village exists in the eastern extremities of Iran. Up until around ...

IFP - The sharp rise in departure tax, proposed to the parliament in the budget bill for the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2018), is in part aimed at encouraging the public to opt for domestic trips, but travel experts and officials deem it unattainable. Speaking to ISNA, Mohammad Ebrahim Larijani, director of the tourism, rail and ...

ISNA | Sare Tajalli, Rahim Bani Assad Azad: With 11 ancient qanats and Lut Desert added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, Kerman Province now boasts three world heritage sites while four are part of chain inscriptions.  

Tasnim - Ramsar is the westernmost county and city in Iran's northern province of Mazandaran. It borders the Caspian Sea to the north, Gilan province to the west, Qazvin Province to the south, and Tonekabon to the east. Known as the bathing resort of the Caspian and by far the most beautiful site of the whole coast, it is unique in terms of scenery ...

IFP- A journey to Iran means the discovery of breathtaking landscapes and an extraordinary heritage; an unforgettable experience, wrote Le Figaro in a recent report in French. Iran is a fascinating country, it said, adding that visiting the country has a unique flavour. Shiraz, Yazd, Persepolis or Tehran: we have selected some photos of the most ...

IFP- The ease with which a person can travel to another country depends on their passport. Some countries are more forthcoming in letting visitors in than others. For instance, anyone with a passport can visit Cambodia, which offers visas or visas on arrival to all. Travelling to Turkmenistan, on the other hand, will prove to be quite difficult ...

IFP- Since late 2016, several articles have been published by international media outlets about the tourist attractions and monuments in Iran, to present them to the world or review the conditions of tourism industry in Iran. According to a Farsi report by Mehr, many consider Iran as an attractive tourist destination. Some travel guides and reports ...

CNN- For good or bad, it seems like everyone's talking about Iran these days. One look at this collection of images reveals the good side of that equation -- and the reason why the country is repeatedly name checked as a hot travel destination. They're taken by Iranian photographer Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji, who made a name for himself with ...

IRNA Head of Borujen Department of Environment said that over 150,000 aquatic and flocks birds arrived in Choghakhor and Gandoman wetlands in this province in west of country. 'In the beginning of cold season in Siberia and Central Asia, migratory birds on their annual migration path to the tropics of the Persian Gulf arrived in wetlands of the province,...

Dawn| IFTIKHAR SALAHUDDIN: IRAN, an ancient land with a vibrant culture and absorbing history, is our next-door neighbour, but surprisingly, is not a popular holiday destination for most Pakistani tourists. The fear that the US may not grant a visa to those who visit Iran keeps many travellers away. Obtaining the visa was not a problem for us; the ...

Mirror- These stunning photographs reveal the remarkably detailed ceilings in Iran 's mosques, bazaars and public baths. For the past few decades, travel restrictions have meant the Middle Eastern country has been largely shut off from Western visitors, but as visa sanctions are lifted following a landmark nuclear deal, the local tourism industry ...

IFP- Somewhere out in the heights of Himalaya, they fell in love with each other at first sight and now miles away from that romantic start, they are sitting in the living room of an Iranian hosts house. They are drinking tea and telling stories about their long journey on their bikes. Suniel and Yucca have gained a good reputation on the social media ...

My beloved British friends! It has been 25 years since I threw that goodbye party in Brixton, complete with saffron-laden rice dishes, to bid you farewell before I returned to Iran. You were the cast of my life from the day I arrived as a homesick 12-year-old. From schoolgirl, to undergraduate, to Londoner, you were at my side. Yet, in a quarter-...

Winning tip: Aberkooh The desert town of Aberkooh, between Yazd and Shiraz, was a flourishing city on the Silk Road in the 10th century and largely destroyed by the Afghans in the mid-1700s. Theres a 4,000-year-old cypress tree, one of the best coffee shops in Iran, and the beautifully restored Aghazadeh Mansion with its double height windcatcher,...

The tourists are from the US, Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Lithuania, and Singapore.     By IRNA

We left Shiraz, the city of poets, around 7am. During our walking tour of the city, we visited the imposing Arg-e Karim Khan fortress with its 14-metre-high circular towers dominating the city centre. We immersed ourselves in the wide, vaulted, brick bazaars with more than of over 200 shops selling Persian carpets, clothes, handicrafts and spices, ...

Many delights and surprises await the western traveller to Iran, the modern-day Persia. I returned from a two-week lecture tour in early September on a journey that took me from Tehran then south to Isfahan, the cultural jewel of Iran. From there I travelled to Saadat Shahr (a small town in the south) and finally to Shiraz and to the nearby ancient ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran is one of the only countries in the world which has the complete four seasons. The land whose every inch needs deep evaluation. Its north is covered with evergreen forests and a beautiful lake with moderate climate, its south is led to the Persian Gulf, with hot and humid climate, beautiful and attractive palm trees, its ...