Marco Polo’s Route Across Iran’s Deserts and Cities | Marco Polo Reloaded (2/4)
Always heading east, Bradley Mayhew follows the route of Marco Polo through remote mountain ranges, harsh deserts, and ancient cities. His journey stretches from Venice to Beijing, covering 10,000 kilometers overland across countries such as Iran and Afghanistan.
In Iran, Bradley arrives in Tabriz before traveling on to the historic city of Isfahan. The films highlight both modern life in Iran today and the cultural and political background that shaped the country during Marco Polo’s time.
The Polo family once crossed the vast Persian deserts heading south toward the Persian Gulf, planning to sail to India and then continue overland to China. Following their path, Bradley journeys to Yazd and finally to the harbor town of Hormuz, once a vital gateway for travelers and traders.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 02:06 - Iran
▷ 03:02 - Tabriz
▷ 10:29 - Khanemu Village
▷ 12:40 - Elborz Mountain Range
▷ 13:58 - Alamut Mountain Fortress
▷ 15:56 - Tehran
▷ 18:35 - Shah Abdol Azim-Shrine
▷ 25:28 - Desert Dasht-e Kavir
▷ 28:07 - Kashan
▷ 33:40 - Yazd
▷ 46:15 - Port of Tiab
▷ 47:38 - Qeshm Island
▷ 51:28 - Credits
Marco Polo Reloaded re-travels the Silk Road on the tracks of its most well-known voyager: the medieval traveler and writer Marco Polo. Five road movie style-documentaries imagine the past and show today’s reality, in countries like Turkey, Israel, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, the Central Asian Republics and China. The five films accompany a travel writer on a mission. Bradley Mayhew, 39, married, born in England, living in the US, a senior writer for Lonely Planet Publications. He is researching a book on the Silk Road and its legendary voyager. The films show what is happening if one re-travels Marco Polo’s journey again, 700 years after him, his book in mind (“reloaded”), overland, by means of local transport, covering the ancient trade-route on its entire length from Venice to Beijing.
Original Title: Through Iran | Marco Polo (2/4)
A documentary by Rolf Lambert & Bernd Girrbach