Bean, chickpea and herb soup. A national dish. For 5 to 6 people. Ingredients: 4 tablespoons of dried chick peas 3 tablespoons of dried red beans (the ones used in Iran have small white mark) 3 tablespoons of lentils 4 tablespoons of oatmeal 4 tablespoons…

A stew of flaked and crushed almonds. A dish from the Kermanshah region For 5 to 6 people. Ingredients: 1 large onion or 2 small. 1kg of braising beef cut in pieces (150 g per person). 100 g of crushed almonds soaked overnight in rose…

Iran has a lot of ethnic groups and tribes in her vast and historic land. Each ethnicity and tribe have their own traditional food according to the geography and climate. The type of food in the hot regions such as Iran Deserts is very different…

Iran has a large number of national parks and protected areas, including two natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites, one of which is the Caspian Hyrcanian Forest. Located in the northern Iran by the Caspian Sea, the forest covers the area of 850km and from the…

The remains of the Great Wall of Gorgan, also known as “The Red Snake Wall” are located in northern Iran in the Golestan Province. Dating back to the Sasanid dynasty, the wall was originally built in approx. 420-530AD, which makes it 1,000 years older than…

A small agricultural town of Gonbad-e Qabus (also pronounced Gonbad-e Kavoos) lies approx. 500km east of Mashhad and is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site under the same name – spectacular Gonbad-e Qabus brick tower. Built in 1006 as a burial chamber for a…

Shemshak village is one of the highest villages in Iran situated in the heart of the Central Alborz Mountain, with 2,700 m altitude. It is only 65 km from the centre of Tehran, about a 1 ½- hour drive to reach through a mountainous road.…

Dasht-e-Havij or Gor Chal plain, at an altitude of 2,700 m, is situated 400 meters above Afjeh village. It is one of the most famous attractions in the Lavasanat district, (northeast of Tehran in central Alborz Mountains). Havij means Carrot and Dasht-e Havij means literally…

Azad Kuh Mountain, with a giant rocky summit, is one of the highest peaks in Iran, and located in the high central Alborz mountains. Azad means ‘free’ and Kuh means ‘mountain’. The free mountain might be the local name, due to it being cone shaped,…

Alfons Gabriel (1894 – 1976) was an Austrian geographer and travel writer who made several trips to Iran’s deserts. Gabriel wrote five books about his trips and findings. His book, Durch Persiens Wüsten (1935), has been translated into Persian. On his second trip to Iran…

Sven Anders Hedin, the Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer and travel writer arrived by paddle steamer in 1886. He journeyed to Persia twice in 1886 and 1890. In 1887, Hedin published a book about these travels entitled Through Persia, Mesopotamia and the Caucasus. Sven Hedin…

Talesh also spelled Talysh and Talish, is a region in northwest Iran, west of Alborz Mountain range along the southwest of the Caspian Sea. The Talesh area is believed to be the place where the Aryan People first settled. (These are Indo-European people who moved…