Customer Reviews:
 Iran in actual fact August 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having recently visited iran in August 2008 I found the Lonely Planet guide to be the most accurate, although my version was 2004 therefore not quite up to date eg the new airport has now opened. It provides information on just about everything you can expect to encounter on your travels through this country. The biggest truth being the Tehran traffic! This being the only issue regarding safety I had throughout my 3 week travels. The pollution makes your eyes water, and the smog hanging over the city cuts out the view of the mountains beyond. Crossing the road made a farce of the green cross code! Yes, you really do wait for others to cross and go with them!
Fashions for women are variable. Many do still wear chador, and all without exception hijab. However, colour and design is appearing - matching scarf, bag and shoes for instance, flamboyant and exotic.
The underground in Tehran is immaculately clean with shiny marbel, and frequent trains running. The book omits to mention that "women only" carriages exist on the underground trains, both the front and back carriages are for us girls. Also, on the frequent and very cheap buses, the back is reserved for women, the front for men.
I enjoyed my travels and will definately return. Lonely planet thank you for your accurate and helpful guide on my travels.
Visit Iran! August 6, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
in April of this year I've visited Iran. Truly lovely people, amaizing islamicarchitecture, wonderful landscapes and incredibly cheap to be there. Beside their teocratic dictactorship, people there are joyfull, honest, warm and at the same time frustrated by desire to talk with Westerners that they are not arabs and not even extremist as Usa goverment are making a propaganda against them.
That country is worth to visit before Usa will strike against them. I feel sorry for such indoeuropeans as we are, that are under the pressure by worlds leaders. This country is most missunderstoed.
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