Historic sites
Golestan Palace, Tehran
Tehran
The oldest monument in Tehran and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the former royal palace of the Qajar dynasty, set around a garden of pools and trees.
Historic sites in Iran
Historic sites
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan
Isfahan
One of the largest city squares in the world, built by Shah Abbas around 1600, surrounded by the blue-tiled Shah Mosque, the exquisite Sheikh Lotfoll…
Historic sites
Persepolis
Marvdasht, Fars
The ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, begun by Darius the Great in 518 BC, with grand staircases carved with processions of tribut…
Historic sites
Sa'dabad Palace Complex, Tehran
Tehran
A large estate of palaces and gardens in the cool northern foothills of Tehran, once the summer residence of the Qajar shahs and later the Pahlavi ro…
Historic sites
Yazd Old City
Yazd
A desert city of mud-brick lanes and wind catchers (badgirs) that cool the houses, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.