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Tabiat Bridge, Tehran
Attractions Tehran3 min read

Tabiat Bridge, Tehran

Tabiat Bridge (Pol-e Tabiat, "Nature Bridge") is a 270-metre, three-level curved pedestrian crossing in Tehran's Abbas Abad area. Designed by Leila Araghian of Diba Tensile Architecture, it connects Taleghani Park and Ab-o-Atash Park, is free to enter, and won the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Leila Hosseini · June 5, 2026

Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Attractions Isfahan4 min read

Naqsh-e Jahan Square

Naqsh-e Jahan Square, built between 1598 and 1629 under Shah Abbas I, measures 160 by 560 metres and is bordered by the Shah Mosque, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, the Ali Qapu Palace and the gate to the Grand Bazaar.

Leila Hosseini · June 5, 2026

Jameh Mosque of Yazd
Attractions Yazd3 min read

Jameh Mosque of Yazd

Persia's tallest minarets and a portal of dazzling blue mosaic.

Leila Hosseini · June 4, 2026

Amir Chakhmaq Complex
Attractions Yazd3 min read

Amir Chakhmaq Complex

A three-storey façade of symmetrical alcoves that glows at night.

Leila Hosseini · June 3, 2026

Windcatchers & Silence: Five Days in Yazd
Journeys Yazd3 min read

Windcatchers & Silence: Five Days in Yazd

Between the wind towers and the Zoroastrian fire that has burned for fifteen centuries, Yazd asks you to surrender your hurry.

Leila Hosseini · June 3, 2026

Si-o-se-pol Bridge
Attractions Isfahan3 min read

Si-o-se-pol Bridge

Thirty-three arches over the Zayandeh — and, on a good night, singing beneath them.

Leila Hosseini · June 1, 2026

Half the World: An Evening in Isfahan
Attractions Isfahan3 min read

Half the World: An Evening in Isfahan

Naqsh-e Jahan at golden hour — fountains, families, the blue domes catching the last light.

Leila Hosseini · May 22, 2026