Situated on the west side the very lovely Laleh Park in the center of the capital, Tehran, the Museum of Contemporary Art is surrounded by 7000 sq. m of sculpture park, in which sculptures by renowned international and Iranian artists are on display. The Park is home to works by a number of the world’s leading sculptors, including “Capricorn” by Max Ernst; “The Prickly Pear” by Alexander Calder; “The Reclining Figure” by “Henry Moore” and more. The museum is considered to have the largest collection of valuable Western modern art outside of Europe and the United States.

The museum building was designed by Iranian architect Kamran Diba used elements from traditional Persian architecture. Built in three floors and inspired by the wind-towers of Iran, the low-lying dun-brick building functioning as Tehran’s most important museum of contemporary art has been used as a permanent exhibition since 1977. Labyrinthine corridors spin off the central hall and guide you through the history of modern Iranian art. It is said that there is approximately £2.5 billion worth of modern art held at the museum. The Museum of Contemporary Art has nine galleries, three of which are dedicated to paintings by international artists from the museum’s permanent collection. The permanent collection contains paintings from artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Andy Warhol and many more.

We would like to present for those of you who love winter sports an extraordinary and innovative ski resort: the Barin Sky Resort. Designed by RYRA Studio, the resort is located near Shemshak, Iran, about an hour drive from Tehran. It is  presents a unique dialogue between nature and architecture.

The resort’ interior was inspired from the snow-covered landscape of the surroundings and the fluid lines of the mountains. Every room of the resort make a sense of glacial design: the walls and custom furniture merge in contemporary interior design. The furniture and appliances blend seamlessly with everything else in the room. 

Architects: RYRA Studio – Abbas Riahi Fard , Farinaz Razavi Nikoo
Location: Shemshak, Tehran, Iran
Project area: 60 sqm
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Situated in the center of Persia‘s former capital, the five-star Abbasi Hotel is a throwback to Esfahan‘s glory days. Built about 300 years ago during the flourishing Safavid dynasty, which ruled Persia for more than two centuries and created its greatest empire since the dawn of Islam, the complex has always provides lodging for travelers, initially as a caravansary and now as of the most beautiful hotels in the Middle East. Photo by: Farhang Mobarhan_

Mindful of preserving the building original shape and integrity, the architects have turned the formerly dusty courtyard into a quintessentially lush and flower-filled Persian garden that had become the hotel’s main attraction. Overlooking the terrace are the tiled blue minarets and Islamic onion dome of the adjacent theological college Madreseh Chahar-Bagh where Islamic scholars have been teaching since the early eighteen-century. Photo by: john.cordery

The buildings that enclose the lovely garden are characterized by a multitude of typical Middle Eastern arched doorways that lead to the rooms themselves. The rooms number more than 200 and range from comfortable, ocher- and auburn-colored rooms with queen-size beds and a sitting area to sumptuous suites consisting of several rooms adorned with Persian carpets as well as intricately painted wallpaper and domed ceilings. Location: Esfahan, Iran. Photo by:

Iran is one of the most mountainous countries in the world. Mount Damavand at 5,671 m is not only the highest peak in Iran but also the highest volcano in the Middle East. In a clear weather the mountain is visible far from over 250 km away. Mt Damavand is difficulty almost the same as Mt Kilimanjaro (5892 m) in Tanzania and Mt Everest Base Camp (5380 m) in the Himalayan Mountain Range. The mountain and its surrounding areas are popular hiking, climbing, and in recent years are rapidly gaining popularity as skiing destinations. It has mild skiable slopes for descents up to 3000m downhill skiing – it is surly one of the world’s finest ski mountaineering places.

Source: http://damavandmt.blogspot.com/
and http://www.damawand.de

Nowadays after the Islamic Revolution, Iran is going under a quite transformation and this is exactly the tourism in the country.The country has many attractions, including sprawling pre-Islamic ruins, mosques glittering with kaleidoscopic mosaics of tile, and cities that present both a stern theocratic face and a glitzier Western one. Imam Square is one of the largest plazas in the world, and holds the most stunning treasures of Islamic architecture.

Iran culture is among the richest in the world. A lot of inspiring literature, thousands of poets and writers, magnificent and impressive architecture, live customs dating back to Zoroastrians over 3000 years ago, and other unique characteristics of the nation are rivaled by only a few countries.

Another feature of Iranin culture is art.By the way culture and art are two closely concepts forming the soul of human civilizations. Iranian exquisite carpets, subtle soulful classic music, outstanding tile work of unique blue mosques, old influential architectural style and countless brilliant literary works are famous in the world.

As well as the food is very delicious accompanied by herbs and spices and skill and patience of many generations of cooks.