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Perfect Reasons to Travel Iran: We Bet You Cannot Resist Packing Your Bags!

There are numerous plenty of reasons to travel to Iran. From celebrating grand festivals to hiking one of the top mountains of the world, from trains journeys to enjoying traditional cuisines, find no dearth of excuses to travel Iran. Here are a few:

1.    Ancient and Historical Places

The history buffs are going to fall in love with this historical gem and will be left with no doubt or second thoughts as to why travel to Iran. Be it rock reliefs, archaeological sites or monolith statues and columns, every great monument in Iran is associated with a greater historical significance.
Iran is home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations with historical and urban settlements dating back to more than 7000 BC. The southwestern and western part of the Iranian Plateau contributed to the traditional Ancient Near East with the Elamite Civilization, from the early bronze age. With more than 1000 historical attraction, Iran has 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

2.    Incredible Architecture: 

gardens, from pavilions to some of the most majestic structures the world has ever seen. Iranian architecture features a great variety, both structurally and aesthetically deriving from a variety of traditions and experiences. 

3.    Rich Museums

Boasting one of the world’s most ancient civilizations, Iran has numerous a rich insight into thousands of years of national art and culture. With more than 80 years of activity, the National Museum of Iran contains 300,000 objects in an area of more than 20,000 square meters. In addition to being the country’s largest museum of History and Archaeology, it ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious museums in terms of grandeur, scale, diversity and quality of its huge monuments. 

4.    Low Tourism Cost

For the third time, Iran has been chosen in the latest Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as the most affordable foreign tourist destination. Iran price competitiveness rating is 6.66, placing it first in the world.

5.    Hospitable People

If anything, all that Iranians can be accused of is excessive hospitality. So, when travelling to Iran, be aware of innocent looking situations, which could turn into one of your life experiences. Kind of walking into the Twilight Zone. The Iranians are of such an affable nature as to warm your heart and make your travel to Iran more off beat.

6.    Medical Tourism 

Iran offers a wide range of treatment facilities through an extensive network of highly equipped hospitals (around 850 hospitals), and rehabilitation centers with reasonable costs. A cost analysis procedure shows that treatment costs in Iran are much lower in comparison to developed countries. Moreover, Iran has some of the most important hot spring spa centers in the world, attracting thousands of visitors each year. The spas are famous for their therapeutic value.

7 Iranian Handcrafts & Handmade Arts

Iranian art and architecture reflect a 7,000-year-old cultural tradition with a significant development over history. Numerous artists have produced beautiful items that are known throughout the world. The most famous Iranian handicrafts include the Persian Carpet, Minakari (carvings on silver), miniature, Khatamkari, and Ghalamzani (Metal-work), Ghalamkari (Calico), Gerehchini, local music instruments (Tar & Setar), Silverwork, Woodcarving. Iran has many ancient crafts. The extent and breadth of these branches can be divided into several subclasses, which indicate the diversity and flourishing of the level of traditional arts and its roots in the rich history of Iran.

8.  Nature

Iran is home to a wide array of eco-zones including deserts, mountains, tropical and temperate forests, rivers, plains and even an island archipelago in the strait of Hormoz. It is therefore not surprising that Iran hosts 5% of the world’s mammal population, 7% of all birds, 5% of all fish, 4% of all amphibians and 6% of all flowering plant species. In recent decades Iran has faced severe droughts caused by global warming, which has posed a massive threat to the country’s wildlife. As a result of this problem, as well as the implications of illegal hunting and poaching, the system of national parks and reserves first established in 1952.