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Short Itinerary |
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05:30 |
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Be picked up from your home/hotel
Tehran
 Dizin
(2 hours - 120 km.) |
08:00
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Dizin
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Full-day Ski |
16:30
18:30 |
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Dizin
Tehran(2
hours)
Be dropped of at your home/hotel |
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If the tour duration is >1 days,
accommodation will be provided at Dizin
Hotel. |
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New :
Dizin Ski Resort is to be re-opened
on 15 Dec. 04.
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Tour Facts |
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Activity |
Adventure - Sports |
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Group Size |
Min
-1 Max - N/A |
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Accommodation |
Dizin Hotel (4*)
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Transport |
Air-conditioned bus/minibus/car |
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Meals |
B -
yes |
L -
yes |
D - no |
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Service
includes |
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Transfer (Door to Door)
. Breakfast, Lunch & afternoon refreshments
. Dizin Ski Pass |
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Service
Excludes |
. Ski Equipments
. Dinner
. Insurance |
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Departures |
Everyday |
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1-day Tour |
€
35.00 |
Each
Extra Day
(incl. twin share accom.) |
€
45.00 |
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Options & Extensions |
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SGL.
supplement for extra days |
€ 25.00 |
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Ski Equipments Rental (/day) [estimated] |
€ 10.00 |
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Different types of accommodation (Chalets,
Villas, ...) are also available upon request.
Experienced guides and trainers can be also
hired upon request. |
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Dizin is the largest
ski pist in the Middle East and is situated in the
Alborz mountain range, near the peak of Damavand. This
resort is situated near Tehran, only two hours,
although there is a shorter route which brings you in
1 hour, which may be closed in some seasons. The good
thing about Dizin is its size. It has several varied
pists and you can ski in many different styles during
the same day. It has more difficult patches with
moguls and little hills for jumping. It also has a
pist with a straight steep, like a free-way! There is
also a beginner’s pist where you can watch interesting
acrobatic skills from newcomers to the sport. With the
purchase of a ski pass one can make use of all the
pists, telecabins, telesieges and other facilities for
1 day, and the purchase of the ski pass apparently
also provides insurance for you |
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If you don’t have ski gear there are stalls next
to the pists which rent out ski equipment. You can
obtain all types of ski equipment and skiwear in
these stalls, Alpine skis Snowboards, Monoboards,
Cross Country Skis and all the accessories which
go with it. Usually after a bit of expert
bargaining you can get a very good price for a
full set of gear. Always try to determine price
and make payment after you have skied for the day,
that way your bargaining position is much
stronger. Also take good care to make sure that
you hire good equipment so that your enjoyment for
the day is not spoilt. Don’t let a small problem
in your ski boots or your ski bindings ruin your
day.
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If you are a beginner or you
require some training in either Alpine skiing or
Snowboarding, you can work with a coach from the
‘Ski School’ which is located next to the pist.
You can either get a coach on an hourly basis or
you can get one for the whole day. The rates are
quite reasonable but try to determine them
beforehand. Also next to the ski school is where
you may end up going if you are unlucky enough to
have an accident. The emergency medical facility
is where you should go if you feel you have a
strain, fracture or other injury. Of course if you
get badly injured, you will be carried off the
pist on a stretcher by a ski rescue team. But
let’s now dwell on that! |
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The ski coaches and experts in the
Dizin Resort are mostly residents of the village
of Rudbarak, which is located 10km from Dizin.
They start to ski shortly after they have learnt
to walk and if while you are skiing you suddenly
notice a child, whose height doesn’t even reach up
to your waist, hurtling past you, don’t feel too
depressed, because that kid despite his or her
young age has probably skied much more than you
have. These young kids ski on the same pist in the
summer, on the grass rather than the snow. They
are also pretty good at that as well. Although
skiing is a specialized sport, Dizin can get very
busy during the weekend and it’s good to avoid it
on Thursdays and Fridays (Iranian weekend) if
possible, otherwise you may end up spending more
of your time in queues for telecabins than skiing
on the pist.
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On Saturdays, embassy staff and many non-Iranian
residents in Tehran turn up at the pists. Women
also like the ski slopes as the restrictions on
dress code are much more relaxed on the pists. The
usual headscarf can be replaced by headwear of
various . In the middle of the pist there is also
a restaurant known as ‘Nim Gholeh’ meaning
‘Halfway to the peak’ which is a place where young
boys and girls usually meet up. You will see a lot
of young people just hanging around this
restaurant, or chilling out on the deckchairs
outside. Many of them don’t even ski during the
day, some don’t even know how to ski. They just
come to make friends in a relaxed and uninhibited
way. Some of the crowd have chalets near the
resort and come and spend the night or a few days
at their ‘winter home’. They are usually warm
people and can speak a bit of English and enjoy
meeting foreign tourists; if you also act in a
friendly way who knows you may just get an
invitation to a party in the evening.
Shemshak Resort is only 12 km. from Dizin and is
host to the hardest and steepest ski slopes in
Iran. You will find Iran’s best skiers in Shemshak. It also allows you
to ski at nighttime as well under floodlight. |
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