The Atlas Obscura Guide To Fars Province

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fars Province, Iran

Updated February 22, 2018

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Unusual Attractions in Fars Province

The ruins of Persepolis

Fars Province, Iran

The Ruins of Persepolis

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Tombs of Darius I the Great, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes, and, Darius II.

Fars Province, Iran

Naqsh-e Rustam

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

More Victorian graffiti

Fars Province, Iran

Graffiti at Persepolis

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

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