Finally in Esfahan (for Anita: after a 7 hour bus drive from Shiraz 50000rials), which is supposed to be the most beautiful city in Iran...It seems to be, with its beautiful bridges and mosques...
However we had a couple of disappointments today: first of all DO NOT GO to shaking minarets a bizarre attraction(?) consisting in a guy climbing into a minaret and trying to rock it back and forth, it is not worth even the cheap ticket.
After that we climbed a hill with our flip flops to see the ruins of a Zoroastrian temple on the top, we decided that this was our last zoroastrian temple of the trip.
After that we went for a walk along the reknown Isfahan bridges longing for a cup of tea, but unfortunately all the teahouses near those bridges have been shut down by the government because there were too many unmarried couples hanging out there.
We also saw the cemetery of those dead in Iran-Irak war, it was pretty interesting, and a Savafid palace in the centre of the town.
We recovered from all delusions of the day by going to Jolfa, the Armenian quarter of the city which is actually the liveliest part of Isfahan, with plenty of cofee shops and young Iranians. We were eating our pizzas (Iranians seem to dig pizzas) we met an Iranian Italian from Piacenza and his Iranian friend. It was cool to see an Iranian speaking Italian with the Emilian accent. He was really nice and he told us many interesting things about the country, forbidden music, marriage tradition and alcohol.
Our impression is more and more that plenty of people basically do what they want especially in big cities. We wonder how much the current status will last.
Tomorrow we are going to see the Imam square and sorroundings and are looking forward to more encounters.
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Hi Julie,
Thanks again for the info, and the reply in yr previous post. Of course I can give you my itinerrary, but in this blog ? Or may be yr personal email ?
Sorry to hear about yr disappointments. You should have read about tourist traps in virtualtourist.com. Shaking minarets and the zoroastrian temple in Isfahan are labelled as tourist traps. BTW where did you stay in Isfahan ?
Happy travelling.
Anita
One more thing.....the news are reporting about actions to be taken by USA and it's alliances on Iran, regarding Iran's unwillingness to declare about their nucleur programme. How is it affecting the locals ? Do you think it's going to affect tourists too ? I'm slightly worried since I'm going to be there in November. God knows what's going to happen then...
Anita
Hi Anita...How are you?
Actually we are glad to hear that other tourists share the same opinions as us! We are staying at Melal Hotel in Esfahan which is nice but I think you can find cheaper options...Unfortunately the day day we arrived all other options were fully booked!
Regarding the personal e-mail, just tell us your e-mail address and we well reply ASAP!
As for the geopolitical situation to describe the opinion of the locals would be complex but we can assure you that no one seems to be worried, in November there is the US presidential elections so we personally doubt anything strange will happen at that time. If anything is affecting locals there is no doubt that nothing is affecting tourists!
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