It’s time to travel to Iran from Europe: Iran with its strategic situation in the Middle East has always played a significant role to connect east to the west. With thousand years of history, Iran is a cradle of civilization. Iran is a four-season country. The great diversity in climate has made Iran a wonderful destination for nature lovers. High mountains, big forests, massive deserts and Persian Gulf beaches depict this diversity. With 24 UNESCO world heritage sites, it’s an amazing destination for history and culture lovers. Every year around half a million tourists travel to Iran from Europe. Most of them are coming from Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

 Everything you need to know about travel to Iran from Europe:

Visa: It’s actually easy to get the Iranian visa for European citizen except for British people. You can apply for E-visa online or go to the Iranian embassy by yourself. The most reliable and easiest way to get your visa is to apply it through a travel agency. To apply for your visa through “Tours of Iran” Travel Company, you need to send required documents for us. Fill the visa application form and send your passport scan with an official photo to info@toursofiran.com . Usually within 3 working days we will send you your visa authorization code.

Flights to Iran from Europe: After imposing new sanctions of America on Iran, many European airlines stopped their direct flights to Iran. But still you can directly fly to Tehran from Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna, Rome and Kiev. If you would like to fly to Iran indirectly, you can find very good connections in Istanbul, Doha and Dubai.

Best time to travel to Iran from Europe:  Iran is a four-season country that can be visited in any time of the year. But according to the weather, the best months to travel to Iran from Europe are March-May and September-November. In winter you can enjoy Skiing in the North and North West, bird watching in the south west and Persian Gulf islands. In summer you can travel to North part of Iran for trekking and climbing.

Best tours of Iran: If you would like to plan your trip in advance, we would be really glad to help you in Tours of Iran. Whether you want to have a customized trip or choosing one of our group tour packages, we will provide you the best quality with reasonable price. We will offer you tours based on your interest, budget and length of your trip in Iran. Contact us to be informed of our new offers.

Guided tours: Our group and private tours are accompanied by professional tourist guides. Our tourist guides are knowledgeable in history and culture. They are patient and helpful to sort out any unpredictable problems. They facilitate communications with locals with removing language barriers. Our expert tourist guides will give you a deep insight of the social phenomenon and issues.

Safety: According to the last stats, Iran is one of the safest countries in the region. In global scope Iran is almost as safe as most of European countries like England, Denmark and Slovakia. Many tourists who visited Iran told that Iran is even safer than their own countries.

Currency:  In last few years we have witnessed a drastic devaluation in Iran’s currency. We have two types of rates in Iran. The governmental rate which is usually fixed and the black market rate which is always fluctuating. When you are in Iran you deal with black market rate. As European it’s recommended to bring Euro and Dollar. You can change your money in exchange offices. If you don’t want to carry lots of cash when you’re traveling, we recommend using tourist cards.