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Ali Habibi

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IKIA’s Hotels; One Hotel Split into Two

We all have been there; having to wait for our delayed flight back home or to a new destination for a slow-going couple of hours that makes us think “What possibly have I done to deserve such a fate”. The mental image of having to sit on airports unpleasant seat for some hours is so tiresome that many of us decide to just give in to them and just fall asleep right on them where we should go to an airport hotel.

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Mashhad 3-Day Itinerary; Quick and Simple

When you’re traveling to Iran, three days is less than minimum amount of time you really need to even dig through the sites of a city like Tehran, the most advanced and modern metropolitan and the capital of Iran, let alone other historical and religious zones and cities all across the country. 2500 years of established and documented civilization spanned over dozens of dynasties with an ever-changing territories alongside small and big conflicts and wars occurring each year (in the past times but not now, Iran’s safe!) and different religious crusades taking over the beliefs of the people and remodeling the governing institution periodically have resulted in a land that today we know as Iran, or the land of the Aryans or Persians, with diverse sophisticated culture, rich history, proud ethnic groups and societies, and multiple shrines and holy monuments rising at each corner of the country. One of the holiest cities in Iran is Mashhad, which stands for the place for martyrdom.

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Iranian Historical Bathhouses; Witnesses of History

Before the history itself, they were the built for people to bath their selves in and enjoy the medical and spiritual features they had to offer, a hygienic hotspot if you will. The invention of Iranian Historical Bathhouses, which date back to the years before the Achaemenid dynasty and the Roman Empire, were tightly bound to the religious beliefs of Zoroastrianism and in consequence, the people. They believed that water was sacred and bathing and washing their selves in it would bring them closer to God.

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Different Types of Hotels in Iran

Iran is a land of not only rich history and culture, oh no. Iran has room for everybody!  Different types of hotels and accommodation settlements await every tourist and traveler with any level of budging that plans to travel and see the enchantress of Middle-East, the land of Aryans, Iran. Different types of hotels in Iran positioned in all major cities and pretty much most of the smaller ones in the country give travelers and wanderers a whole lot of housing options to choose from.

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Iran Airport Regulations; What You Have to Know

You land at an Iranian airport and you’re about to start your precious journey in Iran. The excitement of finally being able to visit the exalted land of Aryans or Persia, after the nerve-wrecking process of getting an Iran visa, either eVisa or Visa on Arrival, and finding a hotel to book a room, is starting to build up in your mind as your walking down the corridor to the main lobby of the airport and the thrill slowly starts to take over your body and you just can’t stop smiling.

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