An Iran Itinerary for One Week to One Month for Independent Travelers Updated February 2025, 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 […]
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Esfahan Travel Guide + 19 Things To Do In Esfahan Updated February 2025, Esfahan Travel Guide + 19 Things To Do In Esfahan was originally published in May 2020 I won’t lie, Esfahan was my least favorite place I visited in Iran. Sure, the architecture was phenomenal, but it was the city I thought was
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Shiraz Travel Guide + 17 Things To Do In Shiraz Updated February 2025, Shiraz Travel Guide + 17 Things To Do In Shiraz was originally written in April 2020 With the scent of orange blossoms in the air, I stepped out of a taxi at Vakil Bazaar after having just arrived from Hormuz Island (via
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How To Have An Epic 2 Days In Yazd, Iran Updated February 2025, How To Have An Epic Two Days In Yazd, Iran was originally written in April 2020 Truth be told, I almost skipped Yazd. I’d read it was too touristy, that, and paired with the fact that I’d spent too much time in Shiraz and
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How to get an Iranian Visa in 2025 Updated February 2025, How to get an Iranian Visa was originally written in July 2019 Getting a visa for Iran isn’t that difficult (unless you’re traveling on an American, British, or Canadian passport, in which you should click here to find out what you’ll need to do in my post
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Two Day Tehran Itinerary + 13 Things To Do In Tehran Updated February 2025, Two Day Tehran Itinerary + 13 Things To Do In Tehran was originally published in May 2020 Tehran in many ways feels like a capital city in all the right ways. The juxtaposition of the chaotic traffic and bustle on the
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Crossing the Afghanistan-Iran Border at Islam Qala Updated July 2025, Crossing the Afghanistan-Iran Border at Islam Qala was originally written in June 2019 Crossing the Islam Qala-Dogharoun Border from Afghanistan to Iran between the cities of Herat and Mashhad is a pretty pain-free simple process. At this point in time, this is the only border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran that is
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The Best Road Trips In The World Updated July 2025, The Best Road Trips in the World was originally published in December 2020 Road tripping is probably my favorite way to travel the world, giving me the freedom to stay as long or short in places as I want, the ability to add impromptu stops
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Visiting Shiraz’s Pink Lake: Maharloo Lake, Iran Updated February 2025, Visiting Shiraz’s Pink Lake: Maharloo Lake, Iran was originally written in April 2020 I knew very little about Shiraz prior to my visit, aside from the uber-famous Pink Nasir al Molk Mosque. When I arrived in the city I was welcomed by a friend of a friend
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A Sistan & Balochistan Travel Guide: Iran Off the Beaten Path Updated July 2025, 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
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