Despite this is a vast country, offering so
many interesting sights and entreating nature, I have chosen only to drive
through the north-western part this time. Along with the sights I have found, I
am sure the drive will add a lot of other interesting adventures.
IRAN
(North-vestern part + Tehran) LP Edit.6, 2012 |
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75 |
Bazargan |
Car repair,
hotels |
39.390892, 44.389058 |
82 |
Lake Urmia/Orumiyeh |
Salt lake! Road accross |
37.781829, 45.349078 |
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Bari town - resort area |
37.989651, 45.061443 |
93 |
Kandovan |
Village, barns of eroded rocks |
37.796048, 46.245832 |
84 |
Miyando'ab / Qoshachay |
Town with
hotels: Berenjian $25 |
36.965433, 46.106410 |
118 |
Takht-e Soleiman |
"Most memorial sighta" ruins+crater lake |
36.602753, 47.235538 |
106 |
Masuleh |
1000 y old beautiful village, Rice+Forest |
37.155257, 48.992484 |
112 |
Alamut Valley |
Nature!, Castle |
36.446422, 50.582025 |
105a |
Fuman |
Wooded hinterland, 20 km Caspian Sea |
37.223734, 49.312589 |
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Varan Hotel |
37.237561, 49.318842 |
105b |
Qaleh Rudkhan |
Impressive mountain castle (25K S of Fuman |
37.074933, 49.249391 |
96 |
Kaleybar |
Base, |
38.866806, 47.043604 |
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Babak Castle |
38.842685, 46.970423 |
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Araz Hotel |
38.866806, 47.043604 |
94a |
Jolfa: Aras River Valley |
Canyons, mud-walled castles. |
38.936525, 45.625877 |
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Tourist Hotel (+Hotel Durna) |
38.938373, 45.627448 |
94b |
West of Jolfa |
Caravanserai, ruins in canyon |
38.966742, 45.559183 |
138 |
Choqa Zanbil |
Massive ziggurat (pyramid) |
32.011052, 48.525533 |

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