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Lonely Planet Iran
Pause on the Grand Stairway at Persepolis and imagine trumpeters heralding your arrival
Indulge in rosewater ice cream as you stroll between centuries-old bridges in Esfahan
Believe it when you see it: check out the world's most unexpected ski resorts
Rent a room with a view in a mountain village and watch life unfold as it has for centuries
In This Guide:
Two authors, five months of on-the-ground research, 379 invitations to tea
Packed with tips for overlanders, women, and solo travelers
Incorporates Farsi words and script throughout
Get up-to-the-minute info from other travelers on the Iran branch of the Thorn Tree: lonelyplanet.com
Pause on the Grand Stairway at Persepolis and imagine trumpeters heralding your arrival
Indulge in rosewater ice cream as you stroll between centuries-old bridges in Esfahan
Believe it when you see it: check out the world's most unexpected ski resorts
Rent a room with a view in a mountain village and watch life unfold as it has for centuries
In This Guide:
Two authors, five months of on-the-ground research, 379 invitations to tea
Packed with tips for overlanders, women, and solo travelers
Incorporates Farsi words and script throughout
Get up-to-the-minute info from other travelers on the Iran branch of the Thorn Tree: lonelyplanet.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bought this book few days before my trip to Iran and read most of it in the plane. I must say that lonely planet team were as good in this book as I've known their other writing. The book helped alot in their recommendations for hotels,restaurants and transport.
Drawbacks:
1) No maps for the teheran underground: we relied alot on the underground as it was very cheap(10pence/tkt,40pence/day tkt), cool(A/C), clean and reliable. The underground is contineously expanding to cover more areas of Teheran.
2) The language section was very minimal. If you travelling to Iran, remember that they hardly know any foreign languages. Despite trying to speak Arabic or English, most of the communication was by sign language.
Trying to haggle a price was a nightmare. However, Iranis are very helpful people and they do their best to give u advice or directions.
My advice is to buy the Farsi language book in addition to this one or even better to go for a short Farsi language course.
N.B. The prices are always higher than lonely planet's ones due to their official inflation although mid range hotels were all within almost same price (ie 90$).
The book was otherwise a huge and successful work.
Drawbacks:
1) No maps for the teheran underground: we relied alot on the underground as it was very cheap(10pence/tkt,40pence/day tkt), cool(A/C), clean and reliable. The underground is contineously expanding to cover more areas of Teheran.
2) The language section was very minimal. If you travelling to Iran, remember that they hardly know any foreign languages. Despite trying to speak Arabic or English, most of the communication was by sign language.
Trying to haggle a price was a nightmare. However, Iranis are very helpful people and they do their best to give u advice or directions.
My advice is to buy the Farsi language book in addition to this one or even better to go for a short Farsi language course.
N.B. The prices are always higher than lonely planet's ones due to their official inflation although mid range hotels were all within almost same price (ie 90$).
The book was otherwise a huge and successful work.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
We planned an independent itinerary over two weeks seeing the foremost sights (Tehran, Shiraz, Persepolis, Yazd, Esfahan and Kashan) using this guide. We stayed in the mid-range options, using the author's picks for accommodation. In all instances, we found that the choices were vindicated. We were able to book all accommodation using the contact details given in the book. Most mid-range hotels will also help book bus tickets and taxis to/from travel terminals, which is most handy if you have no working knowledge of Farsi.
The language section was somewhat limited and there were one or two mistakes in representing things on the ground. Mid-range prices have definitely gone up - allow for about 15 to 20 per cent inflation from the prices quoted in this book if you are planning on visiting the country in the near-future. But none of this detracts from the fact that we found this book an essential companion for our travels around Iran.
The book offers plenty of positive reassurances about the sort of welcome you can expect in the country. We found that the book was vindicated in its confidence. Iran is not difficult to travel around and generally free of hassle. The one exception is perhaps Imam Square in Esfahan but it never gets too tiresome. One of the pleasures of the country is that people are prepared to talk to you. If an Iranian offers to help you, don't assume that they are out to rip you off. They are more than likely looking to practise their English and help you out. Despite the fact that we were both from the UK, a country much-maligned in Iran's official media, we never encountered a single expression of hostility. This included border and other government officials, who were unfailingly polite.
All in all, an essential companion for any independent traveller in Iran.
The language section was somewhat limited and there were one or two mistakes in representing things on the ground. Mid-range prices have definitely gone up - allow for about 15 to 20 per cent inflation from the prices quoted in this book if you are planning on visiting the country in the near-future. But none of this detracts from the fact that we found this book an essential companion for our travels around Iran.
The book offers plenty of positive reassurances about the sort of welcome you can expect in the country. We found that the book was vindicated in its confidence. Iran is not difficult to travel around and generally free of hassle. The one exception is perhaps Imam Square in Esfahan but it never gets too tiresome. One of the pleasures of the country is that people are prepared to talk to you. If an Iranian offers to help you, don't assume that they are out to rip you off. They are more than likely looking to practise their English and help you out. Despite the fact that we were both from the UK, a country much-maligned in Iran's official media, we never encountered a single expression of hostility. This included border and other government officials, who were unfailingly polite.
All in all, an essential companion for any independent traveller in Iran.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am very happy with this guide! We always call it "my bible"
When we are in Iran (my husband is Iranier)the family want to see everything what we find in the guide, many interresting places they
even don't know! We also give it often to our Iranian friends, who lives in Holland, before they go to Iran, so they can travel around and
enjoy in their own country
When we are in Iran (my husband is Iranier)the family want to see everything what we find in the guide, many interresting places they
even don't know! We also give it often to our Iranian friends, who lives in Holland, before they go to Iran, so they can travel around and
enjoy in their own country
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Independent travel at its best
Time and time again you'll hear from people that have been there, that Iran is a friendly and fascinating place.
And you know what, it absolutely is! Read more
And you know what, it absolutely is! Read more
Published 9 months ago by Colin Shoutinch
A sensible, practical, truthful & useful travel companion to an...
Due to the very small number of western visitors, few guidebooks to Iran are available. Of those offered by LP and Bradt the LP is definitely the superior. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dr. Trang
Holiday guides
Looks great and recently updated. Now let's see if we can get a visa for Iran!
Published 23 months ago by Lt Col Charles Thom
Lives up to the name
This is based on the previous 2004 edition but I understand the content is very similar.
I was in Iran in June 2008 and this book is of a typically fantastic LP... Read more
I was in Iran in June 2008 and this book is of a typically fantastic LP... Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2008 by J. M. Simpson
How guide books should be!
I'm writing this from Dubai Airport on the way back from my first but not, I hope, my last visit to Iran. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2008 by Jim, History, Music and Art Addict
Iran in actual fact
Having recently visited iran in August 2008 I found the Lonely Planet guide to be the most accurate, although my version was 2004 therefore not quite up to date eg the new airport... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2008 by D. J. Cornelius
Visit Iran!
in April of this year I've visited Iran. Truly lovely people, amaizing islamicarchitecture, wonderful landscapes and incredibly cheap to be there. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2008 by Aleksander Pieri
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