Joe Corner Travel Journal

Iran
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	Tabriz, the capital of Iran under Mongols until 16th century, is today an important trade center between Iran and Turkey.
Kandovan, an extraordinary troglodyte village, where people still live in cave dwellings.
	Maku, a transit point between Iran and the Turkish border.
Tehran, capital of Iran with it unique fascinating character.
	An UNESCO world heritage site. Esfahan, with a fairly relaxed atmosphere, is a city for walking, getting lost in the bazaar, dozing in beautiful gardens and meeting people.
The unique blue tiles of Esfahan's Islamic buildings.
	A quiet suburb, Jaffa is the Armenian and Christian quarter of Esfahan.
One of Esfahan highlights, are its many majestic bridges, contrast perfectly with the hot, dry Iranian countryside around it.
	Esfahan Bazaar, hidden inside the small alleys and backstreets of the city, is the place where everyone comes to do shopping of any kind.
One of the oldest, still inhabited places in the world, with the existence of special ventilation structures on the roofs, called Badgirs (Wind Towers), is Yazd distinctive architecture feature.
	The mysterious silence of the neighboring deserts from Yazd, attracts those who love profound inexplicable beauties of nature.
Sunset over the simple, exotic and traditional architecture of Yazd Old City.
	The capital during the Zand dynasty, Shiraz was one of the most important cities in the medieval Islamic world.
Tombs of ancient Persian kings, created on the 'wall' of crosses in the cliff, where they were carved out from.
	The magnificent palace complex at Persepolis was never completely finished, when it was looted and burned by Alexander the Great in 331-330 BC.