Iran
Travel Report
Arriving in Tehran
Expedition to Mt Damavand
Train to Kerman and on to Bam
Bandar-e Abbas & Hormoz
Shiraz & Persepolis
Yazd
Esfahan
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Travel Notes
Tehran
Shiraz
Tehran 2
Photos
Alborz Mountains
Bam & Hormoz Island
Shiraz & Persepolis
Yazd
Esfahan
Map
Map of Iran
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Bam & Hormoz Island Photo Gallery
A year after the earthquake, which destroyed the ancient city of Bam, UNESCO listed the city as a World Heritage Site in 2004.
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The gatehouse to the old city of Bam.
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The mud brick city walls of Bam.
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The Bazaar along the main street from the city gates.
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The gatehouse to the citadel, which dominates the north of the city.
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View over the old city from the walls of the citadel.
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View through a window in the citadel.
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The citadel, one of the most impressive mud brick buildings I have visited.
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The citadel at sunset with the domed roof of the mosque in the foreground.
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Dhows in the small harbour at Hormoz Island.
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The southern wall of the Portuguese fort situated at the northern tip of Hormoz Island.
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Looking south over the central courtyard of the fort, which was built in 1515.
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Many of the walls and arches appear very unsafe, after standing for hundreds of years with very little restoration.
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The beautifully simple vaulted ceilings of the underground church in the courtyard.
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View looking north over the courtyard from the southern ramparts.
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Looking south from the battlements across the small town of Hormoz.
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Further Reading
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Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey by Alison Wearing
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Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran by Afshin Molavi
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A History of Modern Iran Since 1921: The Pahlavis and After by Ali Ansari
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