IRAN Tours

Pearl of Iran

8-Days

With this tour, you will discover the high places of Persia: Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis… so many legendary cities, with their blue domes, their slender minarets, their monumental squares, their animated markets, which will give you some insight into history of Iran. Land of Islam, Iran is also the home of a very original culture, which is expressed through its mosques with earthenware coverings, its Persian miniatures, its carpets with floral arabesques and its poetry, the most radiant of the East.

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Tehran – Shiraz – Isfahan – Kashan – Tehran

Day 01: Arrival Tehran [Welcome to Iran]

Arrival at Tehran, meet and greet, transfer to hotel for xx nights

Day 02: Tehran-Shiraz [City of the great Poets]

Full day visit to museums of Tehran (except Mondays, museums closed); in the evening, transfer to airport for flight to Shiraz. Hotel for xx nights.

Day 03: Shiraz: excursion to Persepolis [Persepolis, an ancient capital of Persia]

Excursion to Persepolis; also visit Naghsh-e-Rostam to see Ka’be-Zardosht fire temple/sanctuary, and Achaemenid Royal Tombs and Sassanian rock-reliefs. Return to Shiraz. In the afternoon, further sightseeing in the city of Shiraz.

Day 04: Shiraz-Isfahan

Further visits in Shiraz. Departure for Isfahan, visiting Pasargadae en route. Hotel at Isfahan xx nights.

Day 05: Isfahan [Isfahan, half of the World]

Discovery of the wonders of Isfahan, one-time capital of Persia. A real jewel of architecture, often called the Florence of the Orient, with its cascades of blue, yellow and green mosaics, and its remarkable Naghsheh – Jahan square. Visits of the Royal Palace, the Imam Mosque, a magnificent example of Iranian mosques with four ivans, and the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and to the east of the square a mosque without minarets of unique beauty, earlier called the Woman’s Mosque. Free time for a visit of the Bazaar in the late afternoon.

Day 06: Isfahan [One day in Paradise]

Visit of the Chehel Soutoun Palace, so-called 40 columns and the Armenian quarter with its Cathedral and Museum. Lunch in this area. In the afternoon, visit of Friday Mosque. Free time for a visit of the Bazaar at the end of the afternoon. In the evening, it is Isfahan by night with its wonderful illuminations.

Day 07: Isfahan – Tehran

Morning drive to Tehran; on-route stop-over at the charming town of Natanz to visit a beautiful Islamic complex – Friday Mosque, monastery, Tomb of Sheikh Abdol Samad Isfahani. Continue to Kashan to visit the historical garden of Bagh-e-Fin and Taba-Tabai a fine example of a 19thcentury merchant’s residence. Continue to Tehran passing the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini. Hotel for xx nights.

DAY 08: Departure from Tehran

Transfer to IKA airport for homebound flight.

On request we shall be pleased to organize an individual tailor-made tour for you.