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IRAN SHIRAZ • Nasir al-Mulk Mosque • Zandieh Complex • Qavam House • Eram Gardens Tehran 1 Gobustan • Karim Khan Fortress IRAN • Ancient Ruins of Persepolis (UNESCO) Kashan • Naqsh-e Rustam & Rajab 3 1 • Hafezieh and the Saadieh Isfahan Yazd • Pasargadae Tomb of Cyrus The Great 1 (UNESCO) Persepolis YAZD Pasargadae • Abarkooh Adobe Ice House Flight path 2 • Jameh Mosque • Amir Chakhmaq Complex Traverse by coach Shiraz • Water Museum Featured destinations • Old City with Fire Temple 1 2 3 • Towers of Silence Overnight stays ISFAHAN • Imam Square (UNESCO) • Ali Qapu Palace • Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque • Chehel Sotoun Palace (UNESCO) • Bridge of 33 Arches • Vank Cathedral DAY 1 • Jameh Mosque of Isfahan HOME→ SHIRAZ Eram), one of the most beautiful and • Isfahan Bazaar Meals on Board monumental gardens of Iran. KASHAN Assemble at the airport and depart for Shiraz, • Fin garden (UNESCO) one of the oldest cities of ancient Persia. DAY 4 • Tabātabāei House SHIRAZ PASARGADAE YAZD • Borujerdis House → → DAY 2 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner • Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse Today, make your way to Pasargadae, the TEHRAN SHIRAZ ancient capital and burial site of Cyrus the • Azadi Tower Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner • Golestan Palace Upon your arrival, begin your tour with the Great, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. • Sa’dabad Complex highlights of Shiraz, the former capital of Visit the Tomb of Cyrus the Great and • Tajrish Square Iran during the Zand Dynasty. Be inspired remains of Achaemenian palaces and by the glorious Karim Khan Fortress and edifices. After lunch, you will be driven to walk through Zandieh complex, which Abarkooh to see the Adobe Ice House, includes the Vakil Mosque, traditional an ancient building used to store ice and Bazaar and Bath. See the beautiful Nasir food throughout the year. Continue your al-Mulk Mosque with its unique stained- journey to the city of Yazd for dinner and glass windows. End your day with a visit to an overnight stay. the Qavam House, which is also known as Narenjestan-e Qavam, a unique and ancient DAY 5 DELICACIES building in the old district of city. YAZD → ISFAHAN Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Meal Plan DAY 3 Begin your adventure through the ‘City of 7 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 7 Dinners SHIRAZ → PERSEPOLIS → SHIRAZ Windcatchers’ on an orientation tour. See the Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Jameh Mosque of Yazd, a stunning example After breakfast, take an hour’s drive to of an Azari mosque, which boasts the tallest 4-5 HOTELS explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of minarets in the country, check out the Persepolis, the former centre of the Persian symmetrical alcoves of the Amir Chakhmaq SHIRAZ 5★ Zandiyeh Hotel Empire. On the way back to Shiraz, drop by Complex, then head on to the Water Museum YAZD 4★ Dad Hotel the rock cut tombs at Naqsh-e-Rostam, to see how the quants (underground water ISFAHAN 4★ Abbasi Hotel the burial place of Darius the Great and channels) brought water to the city from TEHRAN 5★ Espinas Hotel his successors. Pass by Quran Gate and the mountains for thousands of years. You Hafezieh and Saadieh, the tomb of famous will also visit the Fire Temple and Towers of *Note: Hotels subject to final confirmation. Should there be changes, customers will be poets Hafez and Saadi. Continue your Silence, both vestiges of the city’s Zoroastrian offered similar accommodations as stated journey to the lovely Eram Gardens, also heritage. Thereafter, travel to Isfahan for an in this list. known as the ‘Garden of Paradise’ (Bagh-e overnight stay.
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IMAM SQUARE VIEWED FROM ALI QAPU IN ISFAHAN, IRAN. IT IS KNOWN AS NAQSH-E JAHAN SQUARE. IT HAS LED TO ITS DESIGNATION AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
DAY 6 fusion of Armenian and Islamic architecture. transfer to the Golestan Palace before ISFAHAN Afterwards, see the Jame Mosque of Isfahan, travelling to the Sa’dabad Complex in the Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner an architectural treasure encapsulating northern part of Tehran. Thereafter, spend Isfahan is one of the most impressive cities in different Persian architectural and decorative the shopping at the Tajrish Bazaar before Iran. We start tour in Imam Square (formerly styles over 12 centuries. In the afternoon, transferring to the airport for your departure Naqsh-e Jahan Square), one of the most take a stroll in the Persian Bazaar and be flight back home. famous UNESCO sites, which covers an introduced to the Iranian handicrafts and area of 82,500 square metres, making it the workshops. DAY 10 second largest square in the world. While HOME SWEET HOME here, visit Ali Qapu Palace on the west side, DAY 8 We hope you enjoyed your vacation with our and Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque on the east ISFAHAN → KASHAN → TEHRAN company and we look forward to seeing you side of this square. Then make your way to Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner again for your next trip. the UNESCO site Chehel Sotoun Palace and Today, depart for the city of Kashan. Stroll Garden, another noteworthy attraction in through this beautiful traditional city and visit Tipping Guideline: (based on 10D7N) Iran. After dinner, see the famous bridges of Tabātabāei House, Borujerdi House and • USD80 per person Si-o-se-pol and Khaju by the Zayanderud Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse. Thereafter, River. stop by the Fin Garden, the oldest surviving Note: • A minimum group size of 15 passengers is required Persian garden in Iran. After lunch, make your for a confirmed departure. DAY 7 way to the capital city of Tehran. • The sequence of the itinerary, flight schedules and ISFAHAN hotels are subject to change without prior notice in Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner DAY 9 the event of unforeseen circumstances. Start your day by exploring the city of TEHRAN → HOME • Visa is required to Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran is a Isfahan. Take a look at the historical Vank Breakfast, Lunch country exclusion under the sanctions notice, it will Cathedral, also known as the Church of the Your journey starts with a visit to the Azadi not be able cover under insurance policy. Holy Saviour, in the Jolfa Armenian quarter Square, from there make a quick stop and
of Isfahan. Be captivated by the gorgeous see the facade of the Azadi Tower. Then ©123RF PHOTOS
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