{"id":41090,"date":"2020-01-19T09:19:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T09:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/?p=41090"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:30:46","slug":"travel-to-iran-has-always-been-my-dream-that-hasnt-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/travel-to-iran-has-always-been-my-dream-that-hasnt-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel to Iran Has Always Been My Dream\u2014That Hasn’t Changed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2014 by KLARA GLOWCZEWSKA \/ JAN 12, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy the specter of war hasn’t changed my desire to explore the extraordinary cultural riches of Iran?\u201d, Town & Country’s Executive Travel Editor, Klara Glowczeswska explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have never been to Iran and I have long considered it the gaping hole in the unique education that a lifetime of traveling has afforded me\u201d. Klara says. \u201cLook at a map and there it lies, once upon a time the heart of the Persian empire, at the very center of a geographic constellation that includes Russia, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She believes that It\u2019s easy to imagine the vectors of influence, pressure, and opportunity that over millennia have converged there, giving rise to a supremely sophisticated culture (as evidenced by its architecture, art, literature, music, poetry, calligraphy, metalworking, stonemasonry, and more) and a continuum of heightened conflict. (The Persian wars, after all, were the subject of the world’s first historical opus, Herodotus\u2019 The Histories.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite all the distorted picture of Iran shown in the media, everyone who has gone has raved. About Iran\u2019s cultural sites, for sure. And also about Iranian and their kindness and openness.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Agha Bozorg<\/a> Mosque, Kashan \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cAs the drumbeat of overt hostilities between the United States and Iran exploded once again with the January 3rd assassination by American drones of Iran\u2019s Major General Qassem Suleimani and the retaliatory strikes four days later by Iranian missiles on Iraqi military bases housing American troops (and who knows what else to come), I\u2019m inspired by what expert travelers around Iran, who have actually spent time with Iranians, have to say.\u201d She explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany Americans have negative preconceptions about how they will be received. Well, I have never come across a people more welcoming\u2014specifically to Americans,\u201d says Jean-Paul Tennant, CEO of the San Francisco-based Geographic Expeditions, the first company to tour American travelers throughout post-revolutionary Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the risks for travelers? \u201cVery low,\u201d he says, \u201cunless you offend the government in some way. Then, it\u2019s very risky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Nasr Al-mulk Mosque In Shiraz, A Popular Tourist Destination In Iran, Barcroft Media \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jonny Bealby, the founder of the London-based Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel, has been taking people to Iran<\/a> for 15 years now. \u201cWe were up to 600 a year, but that number dropped immediately after Trump\u2019s election and his rhetoric. We had just 250 last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do Iran visitors<\/a> respond to most strongly? \u201cThat\u2019s easy\u2014the people. Everyone is always just blown-away by how friendly and hospitable Iranians<\/a> are. Plus, well-informed and highly educated, up on all the news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tourists Admire The Palace Of King Darius Of Achaemenid In Persepolis, Iran. Behrouz Mehri \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So as all the travelers to Iran admit, Iran is a destination no one should miss. Not only it is safe to visit but it will exceed your expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Town & Country<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Klara Glowczewska is the Executive Travel Editor of Town & Country, covering topics related to travel specifically (places, itineraries, hotels, trends) and broadly (conservation, culture, adventure), and was previously the Editor in Chief of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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