01 · Near Shiraz
Persepolis
A ceremonial landscape of stone whose scale, reliefs, and setting are best approached with time and context.
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A landmark becomes more meaningful in context.
These pages link key places to the cities, landscapes, and journey ideas around them. They are editorial guides, not a promise of a fixed programme.
02 · Fars Province
Pasargad
A quieter archaeological landscape associated with the early Achaemenid world and a different sense of scale.
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03 · Isfahan
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
A civic and architectural space whose proportions become clearer when a visit includes time around its edges, not only its centre.
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04 · Tehran
Sa'dabad Complex
A museum and garden complex at the northern edge of Tehran that opens a different window onto the capital’s history and landscape.
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