Tag: Tabriz

The Best Traditional Bazaars in Iran: a tourist guide

The Best Traditional Bazaars in Iran: a tourist guide

This post is about the best bazaars in Iran for foreign travellers. Whenever I am in a country, I love to visit the local markets. They give a unique insight into a country’s culture and what people buy and eat. The bazaars in Iran are 

The Best Hostels in Iran on a budget

The Best Hostels in Iran on a budget

This post is about the best hostels in Iran for the independent budget travellers. In preparing my trip to Iran, it was sometimes hard to find information on cheap places to stay. Iran is a very budget friendly destination. Accomodation as well, can be very 

Kandovan Iran: a beautiful cave village

Kandovan Iran: a beautiful cave village

Kandovan is a village in the northwest of Iran, famous for its unique rock-cut architecture and natural beauty. It is one of the few inhabited cave villages left in this world where modern day cave dwellers carve their elaborate homes out of volcanic rocks. Kandovan 

The Best Things to do in Tabriz, Iran

The Best Things to do in Tabriz, Iran

This post is a travel guide to the best things to do in Tabriz. One of the largest cities in northwestern Iran. If you travel from Turkey to Iran by train or through the Gurbulak Bazargan Iran border crossing, Tabriz will be the first big