Tour of West Azerbaijan

Highlights

• The northwesternmost province of ancient Iran is West Azerbaijan.
• This eye-catching province, with its temperate climate, vast and ancient historical background, and people of different religions, denominations, and ethnicities, including Shia, Sunni, Turkish, Kurdish, Assyrian, and Armenian, is known worldwide as a symbol of empathy and peaceful coexistence.
• Tourism Sector Having natural attractions, cultural and historical areas, and nature suitable for tourism and winter and water sports. Having world-recorded cultural and historical monuments, including Takht-e-Soleman and Qara-e-Kilas, and being among the top 10 provinces in the country in terms of historical and cultural monuments registered on the list of national monuments. The existence of cultural, recreational, and tourism areas, including the Bari tourist area,Golmankhaneh coastal port, Takht-e-Suleiman tourist area, Shams Tabrizi tomb cultural complex, Mahabad Saholan cave, Haft Cheshmeh Naqadeh recreational complex, Maku tourist area, Mahabad tourist area, Khoshako tourist area, Shout tourist area, Chaldran church tourist area, Sardasht tourist area, Hassanloo dam tourist area, Band resort tourist area, etc.
• The people of Azerbaijan are the creators of one of the richest treasures of oral literature of the Middle Eastern and Iranian nations. As every tourist and traveler who has passed through Azerbaijan has called this land the land of poetry and art. The people are poets who, whenever they have encountered natural phenomena, social events, and unfortunate or pleasant incidents, have expressed their feelings in the language of poetry and have composed 'bayati' for every occasion.
• Among the tourist attractions of West Azerbaijan are the basalt pillars of Mako; the only example similar to Iceland and Scotland in Iran.
• Dalamper Lake
• Maku Free Zone; a city in the heart of nature and history
• Zahak Castle in Hashtrood, another remnant of ancient Iranian history
• The best and most attractive shopping centers and markets in Urmia
• Local cuisine of West Azerbaijan and Urmia provinces
• hair leaf ash
• Yarma Shurbashi or Bulgur Soup
• Gozelme, Urmia food
• Urmia Shorjeh