There are two privileged periods to stay in Iran:From mid-April to early June.From mid-September to mid-November.However, the rest of the year is not excluded. During the great summer heatwave, the mountain stays remain pleasant for example. In the heart of winter, conditions for travel are sometimes difficult in mountain areas due to snowfall - but nothing insurmountable. And always, in the case of a stay off season, the pleasure of travelling outside the nails, at the closest to local life!The period of Ramadan is not ideal, but not completely to advise either, as is the case for other Muslim countries. If many services and restaurants remain closed throughout the day, there are signs that are open to tourists, Non-Muslim expatriates or Muslims on fasting journeys.
Some mythical placesIran is an excellent example of Eternal Persia, between the history of the Silk Road and the Thousand and One Nights... The country has several truly mythical places, such as Shiraz, the city of poets and gardens, Persepolis and its unique archaeological site, the magnificent Isfahan and the very modern Tehran. By organizing your stay on-line with a local travel agency, you have the guarantee of discovering all these enlarge sites with an experienced guide.A Refined CraftThe wealth of the Iranian artisan heritage has its finest pieces in the many shops in the country. In addition to the beautiful Persian carpets, you also have to rely on objects in marquetry, enamels, copper or brass productions, calligraphy, miniatures, printed fabrics, as well as silver jewelry, gold, semi-precious stones, turquoise (in Machhad).A welcoming peopleIn the country as a whole, you will be greeted most often with great courtesy and rare know-how. Here, hospitality is not an empty word. Iranians, like Muslims in general, make a point of receiving you. And during a trip organised by a local agency, you will be all the more aware of this because you can be closest to the Iranians.Life is relatively cheaper in Iran than in France. You can eat in small restaurants for a few euros. For a gourmet restaurant, there are euros. Entrance tickets to museums and discovery sites cost between 50 000 and 150 000 rials. You can find a cheap hotel for about euros at night. Five star hotels (local standards) have rates that fly up to 150 . To make savings and enjoy a local specialty, nourish yourself with nuts and nuts, rich in vitamins and trace elements, easy to carry on travel and completely affordable. you can buy on the markets, where a multitude of delicious blends are sold. You can also be sure that transport is inexpensive, whether it be city taxis, very comfortable city buses and even air transport (for about 1 euros, connecting Tehran to Shiraz in h).FormalitésYou must obtain a visa to enter Iran. For this, two solutions: contact the consulate of Iran in Paris (50 ) or request it upon arrival to the authorities ( 60). In both cases, you must provide a hotel address (you are asked all the accommodation of your stay, in principle), provide your fingerprints and a certificate of insurance.
The ideal, of course, is to speak Farsi (or parsi, that is Persian) to go to Iran! But we can also make some prior efforts to learn the basics. Self-learning can be done on different media: CD, DVD, exercise books or even directly on the Internet. You can learn to read Arabic writing... But beware, do not confuse the Arabic language and Farsi, we will not forgive you! Let us stress: the Iranians do not speak Arabic, but Farsi. Farsi? The term derives from the region of Fars, cradle of the Persian civilization. This language belongs to the Indo-Iranian group of the family of Indo-European languages. Other languages and dialects commonly used in Iran are Azerbaijani Turkish (Azerbaijan), Kurdish, Bandari Arabic (Persian dialect), baloutchi (Baluchistan), turcoman (Turkmenistan) and Armenian. Arabic is spoken by 2% of Iranians, and English is as often the language used for business. The French language is rarely controlled, including in tourist regions and hotels, being reserved for wealthy and university environments. If you make the effort to learn the language, know that Persian is still spoken by more than 75 million speakers: in Iran (almost 70 million speakers), Afghanistan (5 million), Tajikistan, Bahrain and Uzbekistan.
Local currency is the Iranian rials, whose international bank symbol is IRR.
Mountains in the north, west and south are blocking the effect of the humid winds of the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and the Persian Gulf. Only coastlines have a humid climate. For the rest, the bulk of the country is occupied by a large plateau, the altitude of which varies between 1 000 and 1 500 m and the most important cities. In this area, the climate is continental with very harsh winters and hot summers. Throughout the territory, the thermal amplitudes between the warmest and coldest areas sometimes reach 40 ° C.
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