Iran Southern Heritage: Shiraz, Persepolis, Pasargadae, Naqsh-e Rustam, Yazd & Bam Deep Tour Guide
Browse more guides: Iran travel | Asia destinations TL;DR Southern Iran holds the deepest layer of pre-Islamic Persian civilization, and most of it sits within an arc that runs Shiraz to Persepolis to Yazd to Kerman. You can stand at the carved staircase where envoys from twenty-three nations once climbed to bow before Darius I, drink rose-water tea inside a 1750 covered bazaar, watch a flame that has burned for more than fifteen hundred years inside a Zoroastrian temple, and walk the rebuilt walls of an adobe citadel that once anchored the Silk Road. Entry fees for foreign visitors at the headline sites run between IRR 800,000 and 1,500,000, which works out to roughly 2 to 3 US dollars at current bazaar exchange rates. Mid-range travel costs land between 80 and 180 US dollars per day once hotel, driver, food and entries are added together. Plan a 8 to 10 day Iranian southern trip, verify current advisory. Why this region rewards slow travel Most first-time visitors to Iran try t...