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Bisotun – Karvansaray hotel - Taq-e Bostan 

On the fourth day in Iran, we took a day trip, with my boyfriend and sister in law to Kermanshah, from Malayer, the city we were staying; it was a two hours drive to the first point: Bisotun. The arriving to this place is a little tricky, as it is an enormous protected natural area, finding the entrance is so difficult and if you pass it (as it happened to us) you must go back a long way between traffic to search it again. This place is famous because of an inscription on the wall of a cliff at 100 meters height about the achievements of Darius I of Persia before his access to the throne. The text was written in three languages: Ancient Persian, Elamiteand Babylonian using cuneiform writing, that’s why it became so important,since it allowed historians to understand this type of writing; it is the equivalent of the rosette stone for hieroglyphs.

At Bisotun protected area we also met a sheep’s flock, it was the first time I could get close to a sheep so I was very excited, I managed to take a couple of selfies with them before continuing our journey. After walking around the park we were getting hungry, fortunately there was a typical restaurant inside the complex, full with Persian carpets and beautiful decorations, we seated down on the floor and enjoyed a “Halim Bademjoon”  made with eggplant and a “Tabe Kabab” with meat.

At the end of the visit, we entered to the Karvansaray hotel (inside the protected area) to admire the beautiful inner courtyard, in the past, hotels of this type were used by horse or camel travelers who needed to rest one night before continuing their journey.

Our secondplace to visit was Taq-e Bostan; its name literally means “Arch of the Garden” or “Arch made by stone”, is an archaeological park with a series of rock relieves carved on the stone from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia (around the 4th century AD), about the achievements of Ardashir II and ShapurIII. The details were so beautiful and the stonework was in a great conservation state. For closing the day, we went to a restaurant nearby, where they had transparent cabins above the floor level, with a Persian carpet inside, and in which you could smoke shisha and drink tea, while listening to a traditional bagpipe show. Finally, we drove back to Malayer and took dinner at home.

1. Bisotun
2. Taq-e Bostan

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