Kish Iceland (Persian: Aracacta gr.) is an Iranian island in Persian Gulf. It has a surface of 90,55 km and is appropriate for approx. 20 km removed from the mainland. The number of inhabitants amounted to in the year 2001 approx. 16.500.

Kish Iceland became as vacation island of the Reza Schah Pahlavi admits. Today the island is main a foreign trade zone and a holidays area with many hotels and purchase possibilities. Thus Kish Iceland for Iranian conditions is very west, nevertheless prevails on the island strict prohibition, and women may bathe only on with high corrugated sheet fences locked off seashores. There also an absolute ban on residence for men prevails, and with the ship one may pass these ranges only in a certain distance to the beach.

The Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinedschad explained 2006 in May, its country wants to develop an oil stock exchange on the island Kisch, which is to note in euro in the coming two months.

Objects of interest

Among the objects of interest of the island among other things, underground water cisterns (Qannat) rank the antique old part of town and the luxury hotel, in which the Schah of Persia

Kish is also a Paradies for divers, since there is turned coast very beautiful corral reefs particularly at the calmer, the mainland. There one can wade to 200-300 m far into the sea outside, since the water within this range does not become deeper than a meter. At the port there is a glass boat ship, which out-drives to the

Until 2009 the holiday area of "“flower OF the develops east"” with a 7-Sterne-Hotel in an area of 220 hectares, which is to compete with the Burj aluminium Arab in Dubai. A 18-Loch golf course is to pull tourists from Western Europe, in addition, rich foreign Iranians on the island.

Sport

Kish Iceland exhibits only limited entertainment possibilities. Like that dancing is forbidden in the few restaurants with live music. But Kish Iceland offers an abundance of sport possibilities.

• Bicycle-drive. At the port a bicycle can be rented. Everywhere on the island there are cycle tracks. The island can in approximately 4 hours umfahren to become.
• Go Cart
• Dip, dipping clubs at the port
• Jet ski, at the port
• Sail flies

Climate

In the summer it becomes hot between 40 and 45"°C. In the other seasons the temperatures are still very high.

Journey

One reaches the island either by flight of Dubai (45 min.) or Teheran (2 h) or from Dubai with the speedboat.

Visa

Citizens of the European union can enter from Dubai without a special visa (under 14 days). For the journey over Iran a visa for Iran is von

Kish Iceland is not visited Arab states and others also by immigrant workers from India, Turkey, the Philippines, European Union states, so that they can extend their visas.

Related links

• Kish Iceland tourist information
• Official web page of the Kish trade graduation center
• Hotel Flower OF the East

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