With its winding lanes, forest of badgirs, mud-brick old town and charismatic accommodation, Yazd tourist attractions are definitely on the highlights of any tour to Iran. Wedged between the northern Dasht-e Kavir and southern Dasht-e Lut, it doesn’t have the big-ticket sights of Esfahan or Persepolis, but as a whole, and in the context of its relationship with the desert, it is at least as enchanting. It is a place to wander and get lost in the maze of historic streets and lanes (and your imagination), before returning to a hotel that is itself a piece of Yazd’s history. It’s also an ideal base for day trips to several evocative villages and towns.