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| Highlights
Tehran, Hamadan, Kermanshah, Ahvaz, Susa, Shiraz, Bishapur, Persepolis, Naqshe-e-Rostam, Pasargadae, Kerman, Mahan, Yazd, Isfahan, Kashan, Qum |
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| Day 1: Arrival - Tehran
Arrive at Mehrabad Airport in the capital city of Tehran, passing by the Azadi Monument. This monument was built in 1971 to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire. Your guide will greet you and transfer you to hotel. After a rest We see the Golestan Palace, main bazaar, Crown and crown Jewel Museum.Over Night in Tehran. |
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| Day 2:Tehran-Kermanshah- Hamadan/Kermanshah
40 minute flight to Kermanshah. Visit to the Mausoleum of Avicenna. Also visit the tombs of Esther & Mordochius,Baba Taher and Gonbad-e-Alavian. Also visit the ruins of old Ecbatana nearby. We will also see the Achaemenian inscriptions and reliefs at Bisotun and Tagh-e-Bostan |
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| Day 3: Kermanshah/Chogha Zambil & Shushtar
Morning drive to Ahwaz en route stopping at Susa, the oldest city in the world dating back to 4th millennium BC. On to the ruins of the ziggurat of Chogha Zambil, one of the few preserved Elamite monuments to have survived the centuries. Also we will see the Apadana (ruins of the palace of Darius I) Passing through Shush, we stop to view the Tomb of Daniel. O/N Ahwaz. |
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| Day 4: Ahwaz/Shiraz
Full day drive to Shiraz via Bishapour, where you will see the glorious bas-reliefs carved in rock by the Sassanian kings. O/N Shiraz. |
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| Day 5: Shiraz
Full day tour in Shiraz where we will visit the Tomb of Hafez and Saadi, famous Persian poets, Eram Garden, The Narenjestan Garden with its columnar spiral motif of Zand architecture the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque and the Bazaar of Vakil. |
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| Day 6: Shiraz/Persepolis/Shiraz
Full day excursion to Persepolis located 60 km north of Shiraz. Persepolis was the center of the great Persian Empire and is a monument to Achaemenian art. Visit Naqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e-Rostam, the impressive Achaemenian relief and tombs cut in the cliff sides. O/N Shiraz. |
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| Day 7: Shiraz/Passargadae/Abarquo/Yazd
Drive to visit Passargadae the city of Cyrus's Tomb, then on to Abarquo to visit the ancient ice house and the 4,000 year old cypress tree. O/N Yazd. |
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| Day 8:Yazd
Drive to Yazd visiting in routeDoulat Abad Garden and Shah Nematollah-e-Vali Shrine. In Yazd we will see the Wind Towers in the old part of the city and the Jame Mosque. On to the haunting Towers of Silence and surrounding buildings, which will give you insight into the Zoroastrian religion. We will also visit the Fire Temple, where the flame has been burning since 470 AD, according to the Zoroastrians. O/N Yazd. |
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| Day 9: Yazd/Nain/ Isfahan
Drive to Isfahan via Nain.In Nain.we visit a textile workshop, and the Masjid-i-Jami Mosque with its 10th century plasterwork If time allows, we will visit the Ethnographic Museum in Nain which is houses in a superb restored 17th century mansion. . O/N Isfahan. |
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| Day 10: Isfahan
Begin our tour of Isfahan with the famous bridges of Khajou and Sio-Se-Pol, and the amazing Naqsh-e-Jahan Square. Next we visit the the palaces of Hasht Behesht and Chehel Sotoun, a pavilion built as a reception hall by Shah Abbas I, the Armenian Vank Cathedral in the Armenian quarter of Jolfa and Jame Mosque.
Remainder of the day free for shopping and visiting bazaar. You will find many traditional Iranian handicrafts here as well as carpets, tiles and marquetry boxes. O/N in Isfahan. |
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| Day 11: Isfahan
Tour the Imam & Sheikh Lotfolah Mosques, a showpiece of architecture and tile work built in the 1600's. On to Ali Qapu Palace of the Safavid Period and its 18 wooden columns, carved panel ceiling and mirrors. . If we have time, we will view another Fire Temple. |
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| Day 12: Isfahan
Full day at leisure. O/N in Isfahan. |
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| Day 13: Isfahan-Kashan-Qum-Tehran Drive to Tehran, en route visit the cit of Kashan. The visit will include: Fin garden, the splendid of Borujerdiyeh and Ameri as well as the Agha Bozorgh mosques. Continuing on our route to Tehran, we circle through Qom in order for you to see the golden dome and twin minarets of Fatima’s shrine. Visit the tomb complex of Ayatollah Khomeini before arriving Tehran. O/N Tehran. |
| Day 14: Tehran
Full day city tour of Tehranvisiting the Archaeological, Glass & Ceramic Museums. We will also visit the Reza Abbasi museums as well as the Saadabad palace If time allows, we can visit the Carpet Museum. O/N Tehran |
| Day 15: Tehran Transfer to international airport for departure flight. |
