Ah, the Persian side of Iran. Surrounded by mountains yet to be snow-covered – the ski season is round the corner – Shiraz shows Persia in a different light to what we’ve seen so far.
Where Tehran is busy, dirty and unattractive, Shiraz is green, traditional and filled with delights.
Shiraz - green, lush and backdropped by mountains
Once the city of gardens, poets and wine, Shiraz forfeited its fame for Shiraz wine to the French when the post-Revolution Government introduced a prohibition of alcohol to the whole of Iran. » Read the rest of this entry «