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Day 1
Tehran
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Meet and
greeting in Tehran Airport. Transfer to hotel.
O/N Tehran.
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Day
Tehran
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F/D city
tour of Tehran including
Archaeological and Islamic museums. PM. Visiting Carpet and Reza Abbasi
Museums. O/N Tehran.
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Day 3
Tehran & Anzali
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Early
drive to Anzali, immediate excursion to Masouleh beautiful village. PM.
Visiting Anzali Lagoon.
O/N Anzali.
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Day 4
Anzali & Tabriz
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Drive to Tabriz. PM. Visit to
Tabriz
bazaar and Museum and Kaboud Mosque, also Elgoli Park.
O/N Tabriz.
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Day 5
Tabriz
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F/D
excursion to Thaddeus Church.
O/N Tabriz.
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Day 6
Tabriz & Takab
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Drive to
Takab, reroute visiting Maragheh old observatory and tomb towers.
O/N Takab.
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Day 7
Takab & Hamadan
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Morning
excursion to Takhte-Soleiman. PM. PM. Continue to
Hamadan.
O/N Hamadan.
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Day 8
Hamadan
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Morning
excursion to Ali Sadr underground water cave. Back to
Hamadan. Visiting Esther and Mordecai (Jews)
Tomb, Gonbad-e Alavian and Ganjnameh Achaemenians inscriptions.
O/N Hamadan.
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Day 9
Hamadan,
Kermanshah & Tehran
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Early
drive to Kermanshah. On the way visiting Sasanid Anahita
Temple in Kangavar.
Continue to Kermanshah, en route,
visiting Darius’s Bas Relieves in Bisotoun. PM, visiting Tagh-e-Bostan
Sasanid rock carvings. Evening flight to
Tehran.
O/N Tehran.
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Day 10
Tehran
&
Shiraz
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In the
morning, visiting Glassware and Ceramic Museums, if possible visiting Jewelry Museum.
Evening flight to Shiraz.
O/N Shiraz.
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Day 11
Shiraz
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Morning
excursion to Persepolis and
Necropolis. PM. Shiraz city tour including Eram/Narenjestan Gardens.
Hafez/Saadi Tombs, Khan Theological School. Evening visit to dazzling
Holy Shrine of Shah-e Cheragh.
O/N Shiraz.
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Day 12
Shiraz
&
Yazd
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Early
morning drive to Yazd, en route visiting Pasargadae
and Abarqoo Ice Structure and 5000 year old Cypress tree. Continue to Yazd.
O/N Yazd.
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Day 13
Yazd
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F/D City
tour of Yazd. Jam`e and Amir
chakhmaq Mosques.
Zoroastrian
Fire Temple
and Towers of Silence. Old
City walls and Bazaar.
O/N Yazd.
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Day 14
Yazd &
Esfahan
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Drive to
Naien, en route visiting Caravanserais, Cloak and Carpet weaving
workshops in Mohammadieh. If necessary, visiting Jam`e
Mosque and Kavir Museum of Naien. PM. Continue to
Esfahan.
O/N
Esfahan.
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Day 15
Esfahan
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AM.
Visiting Imam Square. Imam
and Sheikh Lotfollah Mosques,
Alighapu
Palace and also
Qeisarieh Bazaar. PM. Old bridges over Zayandehroud River:
Shahrestan, Khaju and 33 arch bridges.
O/N Esfahan.
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Day 16
Esfahan
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AM.
Visiting Jam`e Mosque, Chehelsotoun (40 column) Palace and Vank Armenian
Cathedral. PM. Free time for shopping.
O/N
Esfahan.
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Day 17
Esfahan,
Abyaneh & Transfer
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Early
drive to beautiful traditional
village
of Abyaneh.
Continue to Kashan to visit
Fin
Historic
Garden, ruins of Sialk Hills and City Walls.
Photograph stop in Qum. A dinner
Banquet in a traditional restaurant. Transfer to international airport
for departure flight.
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