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Discover the best top things to do in Yazd Province, Iran including Navab Vakil House, Sar Yazd Castle, Jameh Mosque of Yazd, Museum of Zoroastrians History and Culture, Saheb A Zaman Zurkhaneh, Gonbad-e Ali, Bricked ice storage of AbarKuh, Kushkno Watermill, Yakhchals, Alexander's Prison.
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1. Navab Vakil House
2. Sar Yazd Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By mohsen_askarykamran - Yazd, Iran
This castle is located in one of the villages of Yazd province called "Sar yazd" and I assure you that it is worth visiting once. This amazing castle belongs to the Sassanid era(3th-7th century AD ) and it is dubbed the oldest bank With its unique architecture.
3. Jameh Mosque of Yazd
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 707 reviews
Reviewed By Wander53796090654 - Iran, null
The Jame Mosque or the Congregational Mosque is one of the oldest monuments of the Islamic era in Yazd. An imposing entrance (the tallest of all mosques in Iran) topped by two minarets that dominate the old city. Much of the history of The Mosque dates back to Mongolian times in the 14th century. The monument has been restored several times. The last works were carried out between 1954 and 1986. The reputation of the mosque is due to its Persian blue tiles, its mosaics with various floral and geometric patterns, or its fine ornamentation in brick and terracotta. The water is channeled through a qanat, accessed by a staircase to perform ablution before prayer. jame-mosque-yazd
4. Museum of Zoroastrians History and Culture
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 106 reviews
Reviewed By Mr-Akbarizad - Yazd, Iran
If you like to know more about Irainian ancient religion, this museum is a perfect case. Yazd, someday has been religious central city of Zoroastrianism and today many zoroastrians are living in Yazd. In this nice museum you can get to know various interesting ceremonies zoroastrians have and receive detailed accurate information about this traditional religion. Not bad to mention that the building basically was made by an Indian-Persian zoroastrian benefactor named Markar as an orphanage and today is used as zoroastrians museum and religious school.
5. Saheb A Zaman Zurkhaneh
6. Gonbad-e Ali
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 13 reviews
This building, which is made of stone, belongs to Dylamlyan period and is an example of Iranian architecture. It is one of the strongest buildings in fifth century AD and in terms of design, it is similar to those buildings in third and fourth centuries. Gonbad-e Aali is the tomb of Ammidodin Shamsodole. The structure of this building is stone and Charoog, it is also octagonal.
7. Bricked ice storage of AbarKuh
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 48 reviews
This Yakhchal has conical shape, which is made of clay. and its height is 20 meters. The downward diameter is almost 10 meters, there is also a hole drilled in its floor to the depth of 2 to 3 m. About 100 years ago, when climate change was not drastic and the heavy snowfall was common, people gathered and stored the snow in these Yakhchals to use it in summer and spring.
Reviewed By RodF428 - Royal Wootton Bassett, United Kingdom
I had never heard of ice houses in Iran, so we were greatly surprised to see one in Abarqu. Of course, having seen one, we saw many more along our travels. They are beautiful, conical structures resembling bottle kilns used to fire ceramics, and you can enter this one. A true marvel.
8. Kushkno Watermill
9. Yakhchals
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By 701David - Fitzroy, Australia
This was one of the most interesting finds of our travels through Iran on the road to Yazd...an ice house in the desert. The process to create the ice in this dry area for caravans moving through was quite remarkable and then store it in this massive adobe brick chamber ingenious. Centuries old technology that would still work more efficiently than today. This area is well maintained and interesting. Well worth a visit.
10. Alexander's Prison
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 155 reviews
Reviewed By Prcdhqn - Hamadan, Iran
I visit this place once as an archaelogist I must mention this is one of the most mysterious and a little unknown sample of earlier Islamic architecture which need more attention from specialists of islamic art and architecture . If you require any further information, feel free to contact me.
