Which city, what activity?!!

Adventure a new country is the best decision that a person can make. Traveling always provide different opportunity to experience new world , catch new ideas and find new ways in your life. Just what exactly , do you need to know about your destination? Here , we try to describe activities you can do in an important cities of Iran.

Tehran

Move along Snow

If you travel to Iran in winter , so don't lose Ski at Tehran ski resorts. All resorts are equipped with various welfare services such as hotel, restaurant, rent shop, tele cabin, tele ski, ski school and snow maker. There are 3 ski resorts in Tehran Shemshak, Dizin and Darband sar.

Shemshak Ski Resort

Shemshak resort is located in north east of Tehran. It has totally 4 resorts. One resort for beginners, two resorts for professionals and last one night resort with full lighting that is open from 18:00 to 22:00.

Dizin Ski Resort

Dizin is the first and biggest international ski resort in Tehran. It has 23 resorts with full facilities for both beginners and professionals.

Darband Sar Ski Resort

This resort is also one of the well equipped resort in Tehran, where you can find tele cabin , tele ski, ski school at night.

Find modernization in a museum

Contemporary art museum

If you are an artist or art lover , you can response to your feeling here in Iran in contemporary art museum. It is an amazing collection of modern arts from different artist. This museum has the largest collection of contemporary (19th and 20th) art outside of Europe and North America.

Opening time: Every day except Mondays from 10:00 to 17:00

The house of craft on Fridays

Jome Bazar ( Parvaneh bazar)

Amazing place for finding Iran real handicrafts from unknown artists. Jome bazar or Parvaneh bazar is the name of Fridays Tehran bazar which is located in Honar garden. It includes different parts , one part relate for antiques , the other relate to Iran handmade carpets, and the other parts are for creative handicrafts. So plan your Friday morning in this bazar and serve your lunch in Honar garden also would be a good experience among Iranian youth guys.

Opening time: Fridays 9:00 to 16:00

Journey in jungles in one day

Iran National Botanical Garden

Iran national botanical garden is a complex of different plants from all around the world. This garden is the biggest one in middle east and one of the tenth botanical garden in the world. It is so vast that need to take some hours there and visit all parts. Each part of this garden has it's own theme. The garden is an interesting place for an evening spring walk along blossomed trees. Never lose this experience in fall or winter as well.

Opening time: Everyday 09:00 to 18:30

Black tea with the favor of mountain

Darband

In a sunny day, if you stand in any area in Tehran can visit Shemiran's mountain. These mountains are located in the northernmost part of Iran. At foothills of this mountain there is an old village of Darband, a village with full of traditional restaurants and cafes. You can taste black tea and enjoy it in cold weather beside the river.

Slight move to Shiraz

When you ask an Iranian guys about Shiraz, the first thing that you hear is amazing, excellent, interesting. You can find few people who regret for traveling to Shiraz. Shiraz is the land of three important UNESCO submitted heritage of Persepolis, Passargad, Eram Garden. Somebody call shiraz , love city and the reason is that Hafez lovely poets has been singing among people and somehow integrated among them. Here in Shiraz everything is going to arrange a lovely day for you, the weather in spring and the smell of orange flowers along alleys , good taste of herbal drinks , friendly behavior of people all affective in making a good sense. Now what activities you can do in this utopia.

Walk in history

If you are looking for a short trip to Shiraz and hope to visit all places , I should say it is completely wrong. Since one of the big kingdoms of Iran was in Shiraz, So many historical places and gardens are remained from different dynasty. So MPTA suggestion for one or two days stay in Shiraz is Persepolis, Eram Garden, Passargad, Nasir Al Molk mosque, Vakil Grand Bazar, Karim khan castle, Afif Abad garden.

Salty lake in pink color

Around 70 km far from Shiraz, you will find a salty lake in pink color. It is an amazing place for watching sunset and sunrise as well as a perfect location for photography.

Old and traditional but live

As a tourist what may attract you in a foreign country is people's life style in the past and now. The best place to integrate in this sense is old villages because all modern life came from this small areas. Near to shiraz , there is a village that locals call it "Qalat". The history of this city goes back to 1000 years ago. Walk along old alleys , visit old castle and museum, serve meal at traditional restaurant are the activities you can do in a half day tour in Qalat.

Dinner with locals

Have you ever thought that an Iranian family invite you to their home and serve dinner or lunch with them. They play traditional music, sing and dance with them. After dinner drink black tea and enjoy the warm and friendly relation with tourist? Yeah this is an interesting activity that you have to try it.

Visit Half of the world in one day

Half the world in one day? This is not a exaggerated sentence or it is not a joking. It is real and you can experience it in Iran. Yes! Half of the world is another name of Isfahan. All Iranian know Isfahan with this expression and the reason is that Isfahan has more 6000 historical relic beside natural sightseeing. Isfahan has special handicrafts which attract visitors from all around the world.

Black like tea, old like grandpa

How do you feel if you drink tradition black tea at oldest teahouse of Isfahan. As you enter , you face a shop with antiques on the wall. This teahouse name is Haj Mirza teahouse. In the past its name was " khaste khane" means a place that tired people go for rest. It is located in Imam Square and open from morning to evening. If you travel to Isfahan don't lose this place.

Sunday in Church in Iran

As you enter in Jolfa neighborhood, you can feel the difference with normal streets. It is a west style street. Jolfa neighborhood shows you another world that is very spectacular and attractive. The cobbled and clean streets, tall clocks, churches, cafes and everything express the remarkable difference of this area, go back as far as possible and be stunned for a few moments by the beauty of this neighborhood.