Yazd is the city of Iranian tolerance and peace. It is one of the certain highlights of any travel to Iran. You can experience it with the professional tour guides of Acrossiran. With its twisting lanes, Badgirs of the mud-brick old town. Blocked between the northern Dasht-e Kavir and the southern Dasht-e Lut the city has a desert climate that made it an enchanting eastern city that reminds you of one thousand and one night’s fairy tales.
The old city of Yazd is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is a place to wander and get lost in the maze of historic streets and lanes and let your imagination run wild.
It has been famous for its silk and other fabrics since before Marco Polo passed through. Also, it is also home to Iran’s second-largest population of Zoroastrians.
Yazd Wheather
Like other cities with desert, Yazd weather is cold during winter (a late winter starting from November to early March). And also fiery hot in summers (an early and long summer from the end of March to late October).
Yazd attractions and history
This old city has a long history as a trading region. When Marco Polo passed this way in the 13th century he described it as a splendid city and center of commerce. This ancient city is one of the oldest towns on earth according to UNESCO. Just about everything here, such as the Qajar era houses made of sun-dried bricks. And the resulting brown skyline dominates by tall Badgirs on almost every rooftop.
The most important attractions of Yazd include Fire Temple ( or Atashkade Yazd), Tower of Silence, Jame mosque and Water Museum.
It spared from Tamerlane’s attack and grew during 14 and 15 centuries. The main production of the city at that time was Yazd rugs, silk, textile, and carpet. Yazd’s importance as a city dropped after the decline of Safavid.