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Old Mar 15, 2015 | 11:13 am
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Originally Posted by Reifel
Hello,
Another option would be to fly 2 days to THR. This city is fascinating me. I would need a visa, true, but I can get it on arrival and paying for that could be worth it. But similar issues here. I do not want to take EK or any other GCC carrier to fly there, something more exotic would be great, but other than Iran Air, which I can book at their frankfurt office, I really have issues...
THR is a domestic only airport. From any UAE airport you would have to fly to IKA (about 40km south of the city)

Kish is visa free for all countries (other than Israel I suspect), but mainland Iran would require a VOA for those eligible or a Visa arranged through the MFA for all other nationalities. Kish can be seen in one day, where I would suggest minimum 2 days for Tehran and 10 for a more extensive tour of the country including Shiraz, Isfahan, and Yazd.

Haven't flown the DXB>KIH route, but my OW flight from THR>SYZ (2x the distance) was ~$45 USD.

So $200 sounds reasonable considering the demand and being RT. Report back!
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