Question: Hi all,

I am planning to visit Iran for short trip, means something like 10~14 days. I would like to spend couple of days in Tehran and also I would like to visit Yazd.

I found that train service is operated only during nigh time. This is not what we are interested, we would like to see something :)

Can someone confirm or deny this? If it is true, there are two options for us, rent a car or flight. It is not question of budget but time. Is it worth to rent a car for tehran-yazd transport or not? If it is just "8hours highway trip" it is not worth for us, if there is some point of interest, then probably yes.

Any advice is welcomed, but mind that our main purpose of this journey is to visit Tehran and visit Yazd, not travelling around Iran (next time ;) so we would not like to spend 5days of 10 on the road from tehran to yazd, even there is something to see (there always is:)

thanks a lot again

Answer: Express train with bus style seats leaves Tehran at 16:40 and arrives to Yazd at 22:20 (Less than 6 hours trip) and the price is around 11 USD.

There is another kind in which you will share a compartment with 5 other traveler. Departure is at 21:25 and arrival to Tehran is at 5:20 which costs around 8.5 USD.

But you can fly to Yazd and do the return by train. The departure from Yazd is at 6:25 and arrival to Tehran at 11:55 so you can see something along the way.

It is also another option to hire a car to start from Tehran early in the morning, visit Abyaneh and Kashan along the way. Have Iranian lunch in the restaurant in Abyaneh. Finally, arrive to Yazd early evening.

But you should consider that in summer this route is hot and intolerable.