Known as the city of badgir, Yazd is not only dotted with these architecturally amazing windcatchers, it is also home to the tallest one, in Dowlat Abad Garden. The Towers of Silence, Fire Temple, and pilgrimage site of Chak Chak provide wonderful insight into the Zoroastrian religion, while Amir Chakhmagh Square and the city’s Ashura festival show the Islamic side. An all around win-win, this desert town should be ranked as high as Shiraz and Esfahan on anyone’s first trip to Iran.
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