Mashhad
Great Khorasan, was a cradle for literature and spiritualism during Iran’s history, a place for the great ethic poet of Iran, Ferdowsi, to raise his legendary characters of the story to protect the People, a homeland to the victorious great kings to reign, and a vast field for the mystics to traverse their path to reach their turning point, where their souls meats the holy spirit.
At the moment, Mashhad, is mainly famous as a religious destination because of the tomb of the 8th Imam of Shia, and millions of people are traveling there for pilgrimage reasons. It is a fact that this great number of visitors to Mashhad, has made the investors to construct a lot of great hotels, and other facilities.
Besides the fact of being the most important pilgrimage destination in Iran, it also offers a great variety of different activities like literal tours, Food tours, and Saffron Harvesting tours. Ghaenat, one of the main regions around Mashhad in Khorasan Province, is the main producer of Saffron in Iran. Also a lot of Natural resources and forests are preparing the situation for us to spend a good time there enjoying the atmosphere and relax our minds in that spiritual air.
Languages spoken | Farsi |
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Currency used | Iranian Rials |
Country name | Iran |