Yazd

Yazd

City of windcatchers and the eternal flame

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Yazd
7 lugares destacados · toca un punto

A living desert city of mud-brick lanes, badgir windcatchers and domed rooftops; the Historic City of Yazd is a UNESCO site (2017) and the spiritual centre of Iranian Zoroastrianism, and Iran's most atmospheric old town to wander.

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mar
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mié
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jue
43°
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vie
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sáb
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Lugares imprescindibles

  1. 1

    Historic old city (Fahadan quarter)

    UNESCO 2017

    Maze of adobe alleys, rooftops and badgirs; walking it is the headline experience.

  2. 2

    Amir Chakhmaq Complex

    Iconic three-tiered takyeh facade (stunning lit at night) with mosque, bazaar and reservoir.

  3. 3

    Jameh Mosque of Yazd

    14th-c. tiled portal with the tallest minarets in Iran and a superb mihrab.

  4. 4

    Zoroastrian Fire Temple (Atashkadeh)

    Sacred flame said to have burned continuously for ~1,500 years, visible behind glass.

  5. 5

    Towers of Silence (Dakhmeh)

    Twin hilltop towers where Zoroastrians once exposed their dead.

  6. 6

    Dowlat Abad Garden

    UNESCO 2011

    UNESCO Persian Garden with the tallest adobe windcatcher in the world (~33.8 m).

  7. 7

    Yazd Water Museum / qanat heritage

    Explains the underground qanat system that made desert life possible.

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Gastronomía

Yazdi sweets (baklava, qottab, pashmak)Shooli / Ash
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