Hormuz Island: A Guide To Iran’s Rainbow Island Updated March 2023, The Hormuz Island Travel Guide was originally written in July 2019 Welcome to the unusual and beautiful Hormuz Island, located in Iran’s Persian Gulf region. It seems that many forget or often overlook Iran’s gulf islands when planning trips to Iran. Truth be told, Hormuz …
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How to get to Kandovan, Iran Updated February 2023, How to get to Kandovan, Iran was originally written in July 2019 Kandovan is like a mini Cappadocia with cave homes built into jagged volcanic rock (Ha! I’m literally just repeating what everyone else says here despite never having been to Cappadocia, and we may as well …
A Day Trip To The Kaluts Desert In Iran Updated January 2023, A Day Trip To The Kaluts Desert In Iran was originally published in August 2020 I arrived to Kerman alone and spent a day wandering around its bazaar and playing in the surrounding hills and after the recommendation of contacting Amir Mahani, a day …
Tabriz Travel Guide + 9 Things To Do In Tabriz, Iran Updated January 2023, Tabriz Travel Guide + 9 Things To Do In Tabriz, Iran was originally published in May 2020 I arrived to Tabriz in a blizzard at the end of April 2019. Not what I was expecting this far into spring in Iran, …
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Crossing the Iran-Iraq Border Crossing at Haji Omaran Updated January 2023, Crossing the Iran-Iraq Border Crossing at Haji Omaran was originally written in June 2019 In late April 2019, I crossed Iran-Iraq border (into Iraqi Kurdistan) at the Tamarchin-Haji Omaran crossing as part of my overland trip from Afghanistan to Iraq. In this guide, I will cover how …
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Kashan Travel Guide + 5 Things To Do In Kashan Updated January 2023, Kashan Travel Guide + 5 Things To Do In Kashan was originally written in April 2020 Kashan was a stop on my Iran itinerary I debated axing. I was needing to pick the pace on my journey toward Tehran and onward to Tabriz and Kandovan to eventually cross the border into …
An Iran Itinerary for One Week to One Month for Independent Travelers Updated December 2022, Iran Itinerary for Independent Travelers was originally written in July 2019 “Welcome to Iran!” Said the man examining my passport* and stamping my visa paperwork at the Afghan-Iran border. All I had planned was 3 nights at Vali’s Homestay in Mashhad, after that I …
A Sistan & Balochistan Travel Guide: Iran Off the Beaten Path Updated December 2022, A Sistan & Balochistan Travel Guide: Iran Off the Beaten Path was originally published in April 2022 On my most recent trip back to Iran, the top of my to-do list was to travel around the rarely-visited-by-foreigners and far-flung province of Sistan …
Solo Female Travel in Iran Updated December 2022, Solo Female Travel in Iran was originally written in May 2019 Yes- it’s possible, no- it’s not inherently dangerous. You might have to deal with a few inconveniences, annoyances and a challenge hither and tither but overall solo female travel in Iran is a rewarding experience. I spent …
How to Get an Iran Visa on a US Passport How to Get an Iran Visa on a US Passport was originally published in December 2022 Why yes, you can visit Iran as an American. Though it requires you (as well as UK and Canadian passport holders) to jump through a few more hoops, it …