Romanticism is not reserved for Persian poems or courtly paintings: there is a romantic Persia, and a thousand places to savor sweetness and happiness. Stay in an old house transformed into a charming hotel, make a wish on the tomb of the poet Hafez, savor the sunsets in the deserts or on the Royal Square of Isfahan, dream in the Persian gardens of Mahan or Kashan: Italy is more famous, but Persia has, for its connoisseurs and intimates, an inimitable scent. Let yourself be inspired…
The tomb of the poet Hafez, master of the ghazal or love poem, in Shiraz. Photograph: ©Patrick Ringgenberg.