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


Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque


Imam Mosque


Imam Mosque


Hakim Mosque


Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan


Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan


Imam Mosque


Imam Square


Music room @ Ali Qapu Palace