Geographic

    The province of Fars, with an area of 133,000 kilometers, is located south to the province of Esfahan. Its main cities, towns and districts are: Abadeh, Darab, Estahban, Fasa Firooz Abad, Iqleed, Jahrum, Sapeedan, Shiraz, Kazeroon, Lamard, Mamesani, Marvdasht and Nayreez, while the Beautiful city of Shiraz is its provincial capital.
The province of Fars is one of the most famous provinces of the Old Persian Empire, and modern Iran. It is located in a specious region of the oldest human civilizations of the world, and it was the capital of the Persian Empire for many centuries. Before the Islamic period, two commanders raised from this region and each established a big monarch, the first, the Achaemanads by the king
Syrus, and the second is the Sasanid, by the king Ardasheer Babekan.
    After the Acaemanads were over turned by the Alexander (so called the Great), the Salukis were brought to power in 311 BC, and built many cities in the Fars region. Meanwhile, local Iranian powers established their local governments in the central part of the region, in an area called Estakhr. Some coins remained from these local governments which belong to the year 250 BC, contain some Iranian faces and fire places which indicate the Iranian Zeradousts.
   However, the Pars region was a part of the Salukis Empire till the Antioukhous IV period. After the Partians liberated the central parts of the Salukis Empire, Pars became independent state. For this historical marvelous background, many different historical and ancient marks and places remained to the day time in the province.
Each one of these many historical and ancient remaining has its own values as a world-wide heritage and reflects the history of the province and the country.

Shiraz, Quran Gate

Shah-e Cheragh Tomb

Atiq Mosque

Culture

The culture and the art of the province consists large part of the world cultural art sources. National and local culture in Fars is extremely rich and includes different kinds of ceremonies, poets, literature, songs and dances. The province has hosted, for a long time, different kind of people because of its location near the Persian Gulf, and its many resources. Different people have lived in the province such as the Aryans, the Samis and the Turks, who worked together to form the Iranian culture. However, the native nomad tribes such as the Qashqais, the Mamesanis, the Khamsas and the koohkeloians, are still conserving a large part of the native culture of the region All these significant characteristics form remarkable tourism attraction.
A brief mention of the historical attractions as well as the tourism facilities of different districts of the province, may help enjoying your travel. Bellow are brief description of the main tourism characteristics and facilities of districts and towns of the province.

Eram Garden 

The most important historical Monuments

It is a ruined capital of Persia, 10 kms north of Marvdasht and 55 kms away from Shiraz. It is world-famous and includes Achaemenid palaces. The most important parts of Takht-e Jamshid are: Palaces of Apadana, Tachar, Shora, Sad sotun and Hadish, Harem and the gate of nations. The mousoleum of the Sasanian kings is in a mountain adjacent to the complex of Takht-e Jamshid. In The west there is the complex of naqsh-e Rostam, including four catacombs of the Sasanian King built in the mountain. There are also rock reliefs on the slope of the mountain. Ka'beh-e Zardosht, an ancient fire-temple is an architectural triumph. The vastness of the palaces as well as their diversity, the huge buildings and the magnificently impressive designes and patterns carved on the stone walls, give Takht-e Jamshid highest significance from architectural point view.

Persepolis