Iran

Traveling

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Visa and Passport of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visa HQ

Diplomatic representations

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Maps of urban networks

Maporama
UT Library on line
Mapblast

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Rail companies

Airlines

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

Roads are in good condition. The highway network is relatively developed, particularly in urban and suburban zones. The supply of fuel, which is very cheap, is regular. The diesel, for lorries exclusively, can not be found for cars in city, only in province.

Road maps

Find an itinerary

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

-Teheran: Park Mellat, the Bagh-e-Melli Door which used to be a part of the royal residence.
-Ispahan: the Chehd Sotoon palace, the Si-o-Sh Pol Bridge with its 33 archs, Talar's palace
-Ashraf: religious places such as Masjed-e-Dashti.
-Mashhad: Khaje Rabi's mausoleum.

Tourism organizations

Iranian Tourism Board

Living conditions

Health and safety

For further information on sanitary conditions

For further information on safety conditions

Emergency numbers

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Teheran (GMT+3:30 in winter, GMT+4:30 in summer)

Summer time period

Summer time from March to September

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

For further information

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Eating

Culinary specialties

Dolmeh-e Beh: Quinces stuffed with lamb. The stuffed quince is served with bread, yoghurt and fresh herbs.
Shirin Polo: saffron rice, chicken, orange peel and pistachios.
Kabab-e kubideh: chopped meat kebab. Traditionally, lamb was the main ingredient to make these kebabs; nowadays, chopped veal or, even beef, are often used. The secret lays in the delicacy of the mince so that the meat can stick to the kebab.
Koukou-sâbzi: Cheese-topped dish of herbs.
Baklava - a nut pastry: It is a rich cake that can also be found in Greece, Turkey and in all the countries of the Middle East. The origin does not matter very much, since the basic technique is the same. The sugar can be replaced by honey; nuts, almonds or a mixture of both ingredients can be used; pistachios can be added; water of the orange tree flower or rose flower can be added to the syrup.

Drinks

Dietary taboos

Pork is prohibited.

Paying

Domestic currency

Iranian Rial

ISO Code

IRR

To obtain domestic currency

The currency is the rial or IRR.

Possible means of payment

Speaking

Official language

Persian which is also called Farsi, which is understood by 83% of the population.

Other languages spoken

Moreover, Iran is home to several minority groups who speak dialects related to Farsi. The use of these dialects is gradually extinguishing. It is also important to note that lots of ethnic minorities, common with the neighbouring countries are located close to the Iranian borders. Among the large minority groups, we should mention the Azeris (20 %) and the Luris (6.6 %) in the North, the Kurds (9%) in the West , the Arabs (2.1 %) in the South-West, the Turkishs (1.5 %) in the North-East, the Baloutchis (1.3 %) in the South-East.

Business language

English

Getting some knowledge

Free translation tools

FarsiDic - Free English-Farsi-English dictionary
IL&S - Free English-Farsi-English dictionary
Ectaco - Free English-Farsi-English dictionary

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

To find an apartment

To find a job

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