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How to Travel to Iran by Car

Everything starts with an ignition; an ignition of an idea, an ignition of a determination, or an ignition of a simple car engine that is going to take its rider to a magical trip. Traveling to Iran sounds like a work of magic for many outsiders and the fact that they can travel to Iran by car, in their own vehicle, seems so far away for many but the truth is that many travelers put the pedal to the metal as soon as they realize that traveling to Iran via personal cars isn’t that hard. Iran is a vast country with extensive land borders and numerous entry points for vehicles at all directions except in the south that is sealed off by the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea. To the west of Iran the Gurbulak-Bazargan border and to the east, the Mirjaveh-Taftan border and lastly to the north, the entry points of Nordooz-Agarak are some of the busiest and crowded borders, especially in holiday times, that provide border crossing services to tourists or Iran-lovers on their way to travel Iran by car.

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Travel to Tabriz; Land of Iranian Azeris

Their faces turn red, scarlet like the flames of a fire, the vain on their forehead starts to pop out and their fingers gradually begin to emerge into a shape of a fist, as soon as they hear the word “Patriotism”, or in Farsi “Vatan Parasti.” Yes, I’m talking about the “Turks” of Iran, aka the Azeris; a proud and rather sensitive community whose marks on Persian history can’t be denied or replaced. If you’re traveling to Iran, we strongly suggest that you take time out of your timetable and travel to Tabriz too, the capital of eastern Azerbaijan province, which together with the western Azerbaijan state form the great region of Azerbaijan in the northeast corner of Iran’s map, the ancient settling place of Iranian Turks.

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Budget Hostels in Kashan; First List

Kashan is a true testimony to what beauties the massive central desert of Iran can hide. With thousands-of-years old mosques, ancient underground cities, historical sites such as “Tepe Sialk”, and an uncalled-for lavishly green Persian Garden in the middle of the city, Kashan is one the jewels in Iran desert with many other undiscovered historical and cultural heritage sites that put on display the true old Persian architectural art from vastly different eras for the eyes of any beholder or tourist. They tell us the story of this masterfully built houses that have served as unbreakable hosts to hundreds of thousands of people over its course of history that now are the most breathtaking old budget hostels in Kashan and one of the best tourist attractions in the city.

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Kermanshah, The Unknown Beauty on West of Iran

Iranian people are all about having fun and a great time, despite what you might hear from the media. They are, in the literal words, the most happy-go-lucky and peripatetic individuals you ever meet in your entire life. Just show them some holidays on the Persian calendar (since it’s a bit different than the western calendar) and they’ll be packing their stuff and on their way to a cozy place with wonderful weather before you can say, Jack Robinson. If you knew Iran, you’d probably think that by a nice place I meant the north of Iran, or what Iranian call “Shomal”, because it’s the wondrous and routine destination for the most people living in the northern half of Iran’s plateau. Despite that, I’m talking about an emerald green piece in the west of the country that is called Kermanshah.

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Iran in Depth, Tip to the Trip

How to make traveling to Iran easier

The first tip to make traveling to Iran easier is to catch the drift on how the weather is like. The plateau of Iran is four weather territory with massive blistering deserts in the center, extensive mountains stretching from Northwest to the Southeast almost cutting the country into two halves, the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf in the north and south with a lot of ports and fertile lowlands to the west and southwest. This can be a little confusing for a tourist, because of the blistering weather of Northeast mountainsides of Zagros that makes Tabriz or Tehran’s freezing to the bone cold while the weather in Isfahan is very warm.

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