Southeastern Iran
Old Esfandiar feels like an Indiana Jones discovery, a virtually deserted tight-packed village of crumbling old buildings – several three storeys high – set behind an amphitheatre of terraced gardens and nestled on the slope of a mountain range.
The site is around 2km west of the southwest corner of entirely forgettable (new) Esfandiar, itself 11km west of the main Kerman–Mashhad Hwy. The access road starts around 3km south of the Birjand turning.
17.7 MILES
For most motorists, Deyhuk is simply the annoying point at which the Kerman–Mashhad highway narrows into a standard two-lane road – and turns a right…
2.76 MILES
Some 500m beyond the western end of the new village, Marghoob's deserted old section is a fine example of an abandoned mountain village, with its approach…
2.76 MILES
Some 500m beyond the western end of the new village, Marghoob's deserted old section is a fine example of an abandoned mountain village, with its approach…
17.7 MILES
For most motorists, Deyhuk is simply the annoying point at which the Kerman–Mashhad highway narrows into a standard two-lane road – and turns a right…