May 4 - 7, 2016 @ Isfahan, Iran


Si-o-Seh Pol

The Bridge of 33 Arches

Zayandeh Rud

one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design

KFC

Iranian home cook lunch

The Heydari family is sooo nice!

Squat toilet converter

Thank you for the bracklet!

Flowers Garden

Albert & the Heydari family

Me & the Heydaro family

Behnam

Japanese Garden

Me & Albert

The Heydari family

Black flowers

Beluga

Beluga caviar

Colorful cat fish

Purple colored crab

This acquarium opened a few months ago

Mosque

Bazaar are close on Friday

Not so local dress

Football time

Curry

Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan

Started in AD842

Different roof shape and pattern

Southern Ayvan

Dome chamber of Nezam al-Molk

Shabestan of Uljetu mehrab

Beit al-Shata Shabestan

Southern Ayvan

Eastern Ayvan

Western Ayvan

Northern Ayvan

UNESCO World Heritage Site #1397

Albert & Me

Ilkhanid Mehrab

Entrance from Majlesi Street

Imam Ali Square

Beryan is a popular and tasty lunch dish in Isfahan

Made of sheep meat and lung

Qeysarie Gate

Naqsh-e Jahan Square

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Imam Mosque

Iranian Eva?

I wonder what this says?

Considered to be the most beautiful mosque in Iran

Love this carpet, 100% silk 100+ knot, $3500

Chehelsotoon Palace

Aka Palace of forty columns

Mural

Reception assembly of Shah Abbas the second for Nadr Mohammad Khan

Love the roof!

European style painting on the outside

Knotted ceilking

So pretty

Wish I can have this in my bedroom!

Hasht Behesht Palace

Nightingale Garden

Honar Bazar

Saffron ice cream

Picnic with the local, note the tea pot

Me @ Pol-e-Joui

Local hanging out on the first level

One of Isfahan oldest bridges

Built in 1665 during the Safavid era

Ferdowsi Bridge

He requested to take a picture with me

Bridge of 33 Arches

Luxury homes in the

Hello Kitty is popular here

Vank Cathedral

Jolfa is the local hip area

Arc a Restaurant

Sharbat Khaneh Firuz

Nice ambient

Really yummy food

Night view

Imam Mosque

Almost 11pm the square is still full of family picnic

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Hotel Pardis, good location and good price

Mercedes police car

Hakim Mosque

One of the oldest mosques in Isfahan

4 portico

Built during 1051 to 1073

Inside of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Really amazing

The dome

Designed to be a private mosque for the royal family

Therefore it does not have any minarets

Ali Qapu Palace

UNESCO World Heritage Site #1979

Imam Mosque

Built during the Safavid period

An excellent example of Islamic architecture of Iran

Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian Architecture

Beautiful seven-colour mosaic tiles and calligraphic inscriptions

Love this

Ali Qapu Palace

Early 17th Century

Seven floors each accessible by a difficult spiral staircase

So pretty

Awesome view from this pool

Koshte bori painting

Various pigments suchs as red, green, light blue and white were used

Painting in the stairway

Music room on the sixth floor

Deep circular niches are found in the walls

Having not only aesthetic value, but also acoustic

Jaw dropping amazing in the music room

Cannot stop taking pictures of this mosque

Saffron ice cream sandwich


Hakim Mosque


Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan


Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan


Imam Mosque


Imam Square


Music room @ Ali Qapu Palace


Hakim Mosque


Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan


Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque


Imam Mosque


Imam Mosque