Kandovan is a village in the province of East Azarbaijan, near Osku and Tabriz, Iran. Its fame is due to its troglodyte dwellings. Some of the houses are at least 700 years old and are still inhabited. Kandovan is also known for its scenic beauty. A popular resort, it offers hotels and restaurants to serve tourists. Its mineral water is also popular with visitors and is believed to be a cure for kidney disease.From my tracking of Cols and Chrissy my preconception of Iran has been blown out of the water. Khoy, as Cols has already mentioned, is said to be the original garden of Eden. There are paddy fields and Iran was the home to the original barley. Bordered by Mesopotamia and Turkey, western Iran has witnessed many of civilisation’s great empires, fortunes oscillating between trading glories and military decimation. The region is known for its great hospitalitybut it lacks the well known areas of central Iran so it’s often skipped by first-time Western visitors. But that makes it all the more appealing for those who relish delving a little deeper and being the ‘only tourist’.
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