A new ways for tourists to make payments in Iran

As I have mentioned before one of the most important problems that tourists have in Iran is carrying cach, Credit cards are useless here, Due to sanctions you can't pay by credit card, in my previous post I told you about gift cards. That's a good way to have your money in the gift card and you can pay with that.
Today Iran tourism organization announced that they are issuing a kind of gift cards at the airprts, So when a tourist comes to Iran, He can pay cash in Iran Rial, Dollar or any other currencies and get one of those cards for the amount they are worth, and makes payments during the time he stays in Iran, And when he leaves the country he can return the card and get the remained balance in cash.

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sights of shiraz part2: Vakil Bazaar

Vakil Bazaar (Persian: بازار وکیل‎) is the main bazaar of Shiraz, Iran, located in the historical center of the city.
It is thought that the market originally was established by the Buwayhids in the 11th century AD, and was completed mainly by the Atabaks of Fars, and only was renamed after Karim Khan Zand in the 18th century.
The Bazaar has beautiful courtyards, caravansarais, bath houses, and old shops which are deemed among the best places in Shiraz to buy all kinds of Persian rugs, spices, copper handicrafts and antiques.
Like other middle eastern Bazaars there are a few numbers of mosques and Imamzadehs constructed adjacent or behind the Bazaar.
The traditional shopping Mall of the old city, the tall brick vaulted domes shelter a plethora of shops, from fabric ('madam can have any colour, so long as it is black...') to spices and herbs, carpets and kitchenware. 

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sights of shiraz part1: The Shah e Cheragh

The Shah e Cheragh contains the elaborate mirror glass mausoleum of the two brothers, who fled to Shiraz during one of many periods of persecution of Shia Muslims by followers of a different version of their imaginary friend.

The once simple toms of Mir Ahmed and Mir Mohammad have been transformed into elaborate structures, topped by beautiful onion shaped domes. This site is an important pilgrimage site, and security is enforced. No photographs are permitted, so we could enjoy the relaxed peace of the wide courtyard of the complex undistracted by the need to seek out the perfect photo. Women must don a chador, which the women in the booth help to affix, but my wife Minuk found that the damn thing kept trying to fall off.

We first entered the Shrine of Mir Mohammad, at the rear of the courtyard, separate entrances provided for ladies and gentlemen. We parted, and wandered inside around the mirrored maze of the interior, finding the tomb at it's centre. It is very relaxed inside, folk sit on the carpets either talking quietly or praying. Everyone wants to touch or be near the tomb itself, inside a metal screen.

Outside again, to the larger shrine of Mir Ahmed, with its twin minarets, where the experience was similar, though busier. The stricture on photos not extending to those taken on mobile phones!

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introduction to shiraz sights

in my next posts i am going to write about the sights of shiraz and  i think it's important because all of them is actually close to Qalat and interesting to visit so lets do this

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