TOURIST ATTRACTIONS  OF  Yazd

          Yazd is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran, and a centre of Zoroastrian culture. The city is located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Esfahan. Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd is an architecturally unique city. It is also known in Iran for the high quality of its handicrafts, especially silk weaving, and its confectionary. Yazd is the driest major city in Iran, with an average annual rainfall of only 60 millimetres (2.4 in), and also the hottest north of the Persian Gulf coast, with summer temperatures very frequently above 40 °C (104 °F) in blazing sunshine with no humidity. Names of some of the most important tourist attractions of Yazd are as below:

1-     Amir Chakhmaq

2-     Dowlat Abad Garden

3-     Friday Mosque

4-     Old Town

5-     Towers of Silence

6-     Water Museum

7-     Zoroastrian Fire Temple

8-     Shah-e-Cheragh Shrine

9-     Yazd Desert