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Iran Yazd Desert Cycling

Yazd Province, Iran · Iran

Moderate12 daysUnknown~£10 est.

Overview

Cycle between the ancient desert cities of central Iran — Yazd, Isfahan, and Shiraz — through the Dasht-e Kavir salt desert on roads lined with qanat-fed gardens and wind towers (badgirs) that have cooled buildings without electricity for 2,000 years. Iranian hospitality transforms a cycling tour into a series of unprompted invitations; the kindness extended to foreign cyclists in this country is legendary among touring cyclists. Yazd's mud-brick old city — the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world — is a UNESCO site of extraordinary atmosphere.