Iran by Shamse & Abrisham

Shamse & Abrisham is a network of specialists, artists and guides in Iran itself, as well as in Switzerland, France and Germany. Based in Teheran, we form a group with two Iranian agencies, Pitcha Safar and Pitcha Education, active in outgoing travel (to Mexico) and student travel to Switzerland. We are also linked up with Abrisham, a Swiss cultural platform that organizes musical trips to Iran, Turkey, India and Crete.

We operate like any other travel agency, serving individuals and professionals alike, for tours of Iran, and more specifically for specialized, tailor-made trips. We are also cultural players in Iran: we organize exhibitions and concerts (in Iran or abroad), publish books (Candle & Fog editions), invite writers and artists, take part in conferences and seminars, and collaborate with embassies (Swiss, French, Mexican) for cultural events.

The privilege of Iranian tourism is its quality: essentially cultural, more marginally sporting, it has preserved Iran from mass tourism and from an often damaging type of tourism. Iran’s authenticity is precious, and we do our utmost to enable those who keep Iranian culture alive to continue doing so. Our musical tours help to keep regional music alive, and we invest in the promotion of Iranian culture and handicrafts.

The Iran we know is both intimate and splendid, hospitable and secret, poetic and complex. It’s a magic square of colors, perfumes and music, which we like to help you understand and experience, in all its sometimes contradictory diversity. No one has ever returned from Iran without having been astonished, dazzled, sometimes transformed; and rare are those who, once they’ve left, don’t want to come back.

You’re more than welcome.