Shiraz_

Shiraz blooms with Persian poetry and rose-scented gardens, its pink-domed mosques and ancient Persepolis ruins evoking millennia of empire. Digital nomads embrace its mild Mediterranean climate, burgeoning cafes with reliable Wi-Fi, and a soul-stirring vibe for reflective work.

Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which is historically known by the exonym Persia proper. The modern city was founded by the Sasanian dynasty and restored by the Umayyad Caliphate in 693 CE and grew prominent under the successive Iranian Saffarid and Buyid dynasties in the 9th and 10th–11th centuries, respectively. In the 13th century, Shiraz became a leading center of the arts and letters, due to the encouragement of its ruler and the presence of many Persian scholars and artists. Two famous poets of Iran, Hafez and Saadi, are from Shiraz, whose tombs are located on the north side of the current city boundaries. Shiraz has historically had major Jewish and Christian communities.