Skip to content
Mixroutes
Qeshm Dayrestan

Qeshm Dayrestan

Qeshm is an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz of the Persian Gulf, with an area of about 1,500 square kilometres (580 sq mi).

Plan a trip to Qeshm Dayrestan From Bandar Abbas

Separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, Qeshm is the largest island in the Persian Gulf. The island is part of Qeshm County, Daraghan Province. There is a hidden missile city underneath the island, which contains various missiles, rockets, and drones. The island is home to the Namakdan Salt Cave, one of the longest known salt caves in the world, which is part of the Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark.

Get in

Getting to Qeshm Dayrestan

Travelers from 180 different nations do not require a visa in order to visit Qeshm. Americans, Canadians, and Britons may enter Qeshm without a visa, but they must first submit their application to the airport police office for approval. The simplest way to reach the island is by flight, either domestic flights within Iran (from Tehran, Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz) or international flights from Dubai (DXB).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Laft Historical Port
  2. 02
    Chahkooh Canyon
  3. 03
    The Star Valley

    Stars Valley or Dareh Setāregān (in the Persian language) is a rocky valley, with a depth of 15 meters, which was subject to erosion by wind and rain for long years.

  4. 04
    Namakdan Salt Cave
  5. 05
    Hara Mangrove Forests

    According to environmentalists, about 1.5% of the world birds and 25% of Iran's native birds annually migrate to Hara forests, which is a national park.

  6. 06
    Qeshm Portuguese Castle
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Diving in Qeshm City

    Go scuba diving at one of the diving schools in Qeshm.

  2. 02
    Day Trip to Hormuz

    Ferries to the unique salt island of Hormuz leave every day in the morning and return in the afternoon.

  3. 03
    Dolphin

    The island of Hengam is famous for watching dolphins.

Eat

Where to eat

Iranian cuisine — in the city centre or the main town named Dergahaan has a wide array of conventional food stalls and restaurants which serve almost all Iranian cuisine with some speciality dishes of Qeshm. The most common item is the Iranian variant of the shewerma, or Arabic meat sandwich. Kebabs and other Iranian dishes are available.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ImanFakhri (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.