Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Iran
Detourmap lists 176 places in Iran, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (108). Best known: Persepolis. 117 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 176
- Oldest here
- Ganj Dareh 7500 BC
- Little known
- 117 of 176
- Most from
- 3rd century
Nature & landscapes in Iran 108
Archaeological & historic sites in Iran 68
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1.Persepolis
Archaeological · 6th century BC · Iconic
Ancient city in Marvdasht County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
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3.Pasargadae
Archaeological · Renowned
Ancient city and archaeological site in Fars Province, Iranian national heritage site
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5.Shahr-e Sukhteh
Archaeological · Renowned
Archaeological site in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Iran?
Persepolis, 6th century BC. Ancient city in Marvdasht County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Iran?
176: 108 nature & landscapes and 68 archaeological & historic sites. 117 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Iran?
Ganj Dareh, dated to 7500 BC. 20 of the 176 places here carry a founding date at all, and 13 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.