Backpacking Iran: 9 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Iran, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Isfahan
Isfahan
Blue-tiled squares and bridges.
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Shiraz
Fars
Poets, gardens, pink mosque.
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Persepolis
Fars
Ceremonial Achaemenid capital.
4
Yazd
Yazd
Mud-brick desert old town.
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Tehran
Tehran
Big, mountain-backed capital.
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Kashan
Isfahan
Historic merchant houses.
7
Tabriz
East Azerbaijan
Grand covered bazaar.
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Kerman
Kerman
Gateway to the Lut Desert.
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Qeshm Island
Hormozgan
Geoparks in the Gulf.
Backpacking routes through Iran
Real trips through Iran, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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