Tour Name: Feel Classic Persia by 5 Senses Tour Tour code: OT2612007 Tour Duration: 12 Days and 11 nights Tour Category: 5 Senses Tour Tour Difficulty: 2 Tour Tags: Tour Best Date: Late April- Early May Tour Services Type: 4*/5* Tour Destinations: , Kashan, , Yazd, Related tours code: Max Group Size: 21 pax Overview: If you are passionate about Persia and would like to feel it with all your 5 senses, you should take this tour. With this tour, you have this chance to do things that usually tourists do not do in , like making ceramics with your hands and visiting musical instrument making workshops. Highlights:  It is a 4*/5* tour and and accommodations are Full-Board.  The tour starts in Tehran and ends up in Shiraz.  The main aim of this tour is to “listen”, “taste”, “touch”, “smell” and “see” Iran. Tour Map:

Tour Itinerary:

Landing in Persia Welcome to Iran! Your arrival will be at Khomeini Airport (IKA). After your arrival, your guide meets and transfers you to the Hotel. The whole group will have a dinner with live Iranian music. O/N Tehran

Watch Modern Tehran Today we enjoy modern Tehran. In Tehran, we get to know the Iranian cinema, which reflects Iranian lifestyle, is well-known and prized around the world. So, we will go to the Museum of Cinema and if there is any chance, we watch some movies. After , you can enjoy your free time in Tehran. Then in the afternoon we take a flight to Qeshm Island. O/N Qeshm

Taste of Persian Gulf Qeshm Island is located in turquoise waters of Persian Gulf. A part of its society includes Iranian Arabs. Because of being so close to Arab countries, Pakistan and India, the culture of this island is a mix of Iranian, Arab and Indian culture. You can find this mixture in every aspect of its culture like music, , language and traditions. After , we start with a boat trip to Hengam Island to enjoy the views and will taste a very local lunch in Hengam. We also will go for watching beautiful fish and sea creature very close to the surface so we can see them. If we are lucky, we can see dolphins too that usually follow boats. In the evening, we go to the Geo park of Qeshm which is a wonderland and will stay there until dinner time. Dinner and rest O/N Qeshm

The Red Island Hormuz Island is where the red soil of the island makes an eye-catching paradox with the turquoise blue of Persian Gulf. In the morning, after breakfast we take a ferry to Hormuz Island and there we visit Rainbow Mountains, The Valley of the Statues, Silver and Red Beaches of Hormuz, and the Red Clay Mine of Hormuz. Depends on the time of flight, we leave for Shiraz. O/N Shiraz

Gastronomic Paradise

In the morning, after breakfast, we will visit Eram Garden which is a typical Persian garden. After that, Shirazi lunch is waiting for us! Then, we visit Nasir al-Mulk Mosque (aka Pink Masque) that impresses you with its colors and lights. Then will keep going with and bath.

In the evening we visit Tomb of Hafez, the famous poet of Iran. Dinner and rest. O/N Shiraz

The Glory of Persian Empire

In the morning, we leave Shiraz to visit Persepolis*, Naqsh-e Rostam and Pasargadae* and afterward, will go to Yazd by the evening. Dinner and rest. O/N Yazd

City of One Thousand and One Night

After breakfast we will drive to Meybod which is a center for ceramics. There, we visit ceramic workshops and if there is any chance, try to make our hands dirty and make some ceramics. Lunch will be served in Meybod and after that, we drive back to Yazd.

In the evening, we have a walk through the old neighborhood of Yazd which is a UNESCO World Heritage that makes you feel you are a character from One Thousand and one Night stories. O/N Yazd

Listen to the Silence of Desert and See Its Magnificent Views We will have our breakfast early in the morning, then will leave to the desert and will stay there until afternoon. After that, we will go back to Yazd. Dinner and rest. O/N Yazd

Listen, See and Touch the Half of the World

After Breakfast we will drive to Isfahan which is also known as “Half of The World”. Lunch will be served in an Iranian styled restaurant with Iranian tastes and . In the afternoon we go for a walk in the historical bazaar of Isfahan and Naghsh-e Jahan Square where we can visit some handicraft workshops to touch, feel and experience Iranian arts. When it comes to architecture and music, Iranians know how to combine them to make double their impressions. We will visit the Acoustic Music Hall of Ali-Qapu Palace and Mosque where you can hear eco like you are talking to mountains. After bazaar, we will have dinner and afterward, will head to riverside for a walk and visiting the historical bridges and listening to the river and local artists sing under the bridges.

O/N Isfahan

Listen, See and Touch the Half of the World After breakfast, we will go to Jame Mosque of Isfahan to see some fine Perso-Islamic architecture. Then, after lunch time, we will visit Music Museum of Isfahan. In the evening, we will go to some musical instrument store and workshop. Dinner and rest. O/N Isfahan

Smell the Aroma of Persia

We will leave Isfahan after breakfast heading to Kashan. In Kashan, after we taste in a traditional house, we will visit its very famous perfume oil extraction workshops to smell the aroma of , mint, sandal, etc. In case you make it to Iran during late April until early May, you can enjoy The Rose Festival. Dinner and rest. O/N Kashan

Missing Persia Fly back home from IKA.

Note:  In special conditions the accommodations can be changed to a similar alternative.  Hotel check-in time generally is at 2:00 PM. According to your arrival time, if you need an early check- in you must book an extra day.

Services Included:  All transfers and transportations (Private car for 2-3 pax. Suitable minibus for bigger groups)  Professional licensed guides and drivers (expert eco-tour guides during expedition)  All accommodation and meals (F.B)  Refreshment (2 bottles of water/ fruits/ snacks per day)  2 domestic flights  Visa processing fee (except for American, British and Canadian passport holders)  Entrance fees

Services Not Included:  International flights  Visa stamp fee  Travel insurance  Tips to local guides and drivers  Single room cost an extra fee