Kandovan – The Stone Village - Iran

SweetLemon

Kandovan (Candovan) is a tourist village located near the city of Tabriz, in Iran. Its name is the plural of “kando”whiche means bees nest.
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norman.ho

These cave houses feels really comfy, must be cool in Summer and warm in Winter too.

k23bb

我一直對這個很感興趣有機會一定去看看

so7

Those cave houses looked so special. That reminds me of  "Tai Tung Grottoes" IN ShanSai Tai Yuen"that I visited before.

kine2009

好神奇哦！有机会一定去看看~

chowold2

第－次見到現代穴居人的洞穴﹐# B8 X! P9 @  N) {# P( h0 i7 j
如果不是在伊朗 ﹐它早己成為世界知名的景點。