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L'université Pour Tous De Saint-Maur L’UNIVERSITÉ POUR TOUS DE SAINT-MAUR et vous proposent MERVEILLES D’IRAN 12 Jours / 11 nuits 16 au 27 avril 2017 JOUR 1 PARISTEHERAN JOUR 2 TEHERAN JOUR 3 TEHERAN / KASHAN 250 km JOUR 4 KASHAN / ABYANEH / NATANZ / NAIN / YAZD 400 km JOUR 5 YAZD JOUR 6 YAZD / PASSAGARD (UNESCO) / CHIRAZ 425 km JOUR 7 CHIRAZ JOUR 8 CHIRAZ / PERSEPOLIS (UNESCO) / ISPAHAN 485 km JOUR 9 ISPAHAN JOUR 10 ISPAHAN JOUR 11 ISPAHAN / TEHERAN 425 km JOUR 12 TEHERAN PARIS 2 1ER JOUR – PARIS TEHERAN Rendez-vous des participants à l’aéroport. Envol à destination de Téhéran sur vol régulier direct Air France Arrivée à l’aéroport de Téhéran. Formalité de douane. Accueil par un guide francophone et prise en charge des bagages. Formalités douanières. Accueil et transfert à l’hôtel Logement 2EME JOUR – TEHERAN Petit déjeuner. Découverte de la ville de Téhéran : au pied des Monts Alborz, avec son agglomération, Téhéran regroupe plus de 15 millions d’habitants. C’est un véritable microcosme social, qui résume bien les différents aspects de l’Iran moderne. 3 visites de musées : à préciser Déjeuner en cours de visites Dîner Nuit à l’hôtel 3EME JOUR – TEHERAN / KACHAN Petit déjeuner. Départ à destination de Kachan. Visite de Kachan : Kashan conserve sans doute le plus bel ensemble de maisons traditionnelles d’Iran. Leur architecture s’ordonne autour de cours rectangulaires, bordées sur un ou deux étages de pièces et d’iwans, tous reliés par des passages, corridors, petites salles à coupoles ou escaliers. Visite du jardin de Fine, conçu par le grand Roi Chah Abbâs: flânerie dans ce jardin, parmi ses pavillons et son système hydraulique sophistiqué. Ce jardin est l’exemple parfait du jardin persan qui se veut être le paradis terrestre. Visite du Tepe Sialk (colline), site archéologique appartenant aux plus anciennes civilisations perses Déjeuner Visite du Mausolée de Chazdeh Ibrahim (XIXe siècle) Visite de la Maison des Brojerdiha, ancienne maison privée ouverte au public. Cette maison, avec son architecture raffinée, est un exemple de l’art de vivre des commerçants du XIXe siècle. Visite du Bazar de Kachan : le bazar, dont les passages couvrent quelques kilomètres de longueur, est encore utilisé aujourd'hui. Son complexe abrite plusieurs mosquées, tombeaux, caravansérails, arcades, bains et réservoirs d’eau. On y visitera Timche Aminodoleh. Diner. Nuit à l’hôtel 3 4EME JOUR – KASHAN / ABYANEH / NATANZ / NAIN / YAZD Petit déjeuner. Départ pour Abyaneh : ce village construit au 4ème siècle et classé au Patrimoine Mondiale de l’Humanité a, au fil des siècles, réussi à garder son style architectural. Déjeuner Départ pour Yazd via Natanz et visite de sa Mosquée de Jame, (70 km au sud–est de Kachan) : il s’agit du complexe funéraire de Abd Al-Samad qui aurait été un disciple du Grand Soufi Abu Said. Visite de Naïn : renommée pour ses magnifiques tapis, souvent en pure soie. Naïn était autrefois un carrefour important sur la route entre Téhéran et Yazd. Son patrimoine monumental traditionnel a été préservé : un ancien château sassanide, la mosquée du Vendredi, splendide mosquée réputée pour être l’une des plus anciennes d’Iran (Xe siècle) , mosquée que nous visiterons La ville possède également de très belles demeures de l’époque safavide, aujourd’hui devenues rares. visite de la Maison Pirniya (Petit musée). Dîner. Nuit à l’hôtel. 5EME JOUR – YAZD Petit déjeuner. Journée consacrée à la visite de Yazd. Située au centre de l’Iran, à 700 km au sud- ouest de Téhéran, elle compte parmi les plus belles oasis du pays. Entourée de hautes montagnes à une altitude de 1240 m, Visite du Jardin de Dowlat Abad avec la plus grande Tour du Vent. Le palais de Dowlat-Abad nous révèlera un beau jardin persan où s’élève un pavillon extraordinaire, rafraîchi en permanence par sa tour des Vents, haute de près de 50 m. Visite de la Tour du Silence (qui est une tour funéraire zoroastrienne construite en 1056). Conformément à la foi zoroastrienne, les morts n’étaient pas enterrés mais déposés au sommet de ces édifices en position assise, afin que les vautours viennent les dépecer. Visite du Mausolée de Roknaddine (le fondateur de la mosquée de Jame). Visite de la prison d’Alexandre Visite de la Citerne avec six tours du Vent. Déjeuner au cours des visites Visite du Temple du feu (il s’agit d’un temple zoroastrien où un « feu sacré » brûle en permanence depuis 1500 ans). C’est le plus ancien feu en activité dans l’Iran d’aujourd’hui; visite de la Mosquée de Jame du XIVe siècle, avec ses décors de faïence d’une rare délicatesse. Visite de la place et du portail de Mir Tchakhmagh, célèbre gouverneur de la ville à l’époque Timuride, puis, visite du Bazar. 4 Visite des Tours du Vent, cheminées rectangulaires qui surgissent au-dessus des murs des maisons permet de ventiler les maisons et de garder l’eau au frais. Promenade dans les ruelles de la vieille ville construite en terre et en bois autour de la Grande Mosquée, découverte du quartier de Fahadan, classé au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO. Nos pas nous conduiront au Mausolée des Douze Imams et à la Mosquée de Jame de Fahraj, à 9 km à l’Est de Yazd. Halte au Musée de l'eau, l’occasion de découvrir les qanats, méthode traditionnelle d’irrigation et d’adduction d’eau potable en Iran, qui virent le jour il y a environ 2000 ans. Dîner. Nuit à l’hôtel 6EME JOUR – YAZD / PASSAGARD (UNESCO) / CHIRAZ Petit déjeuner. Départ pour Abarkhu, la petite ville-oasis,visite de sa mosquée de Jame. Départ vers Chiraz. En cours de route, visite de Pasargades, ancienne Capitale durant la dynastie achéménide. Visite du tombeau de Cyrus 1er dit le Grand. Déjeuner en cours de route. Arrivée à Chiraz qui a été la capitale de la Perse sous la dynastie HYPERLINK "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynastie_Zand" HYPERLINK de 1750 jusqu'en 1794, quand les Qadjars ont déplacé la capitale à Téhéran. Merveille perchée à près de 1500 m d’altitude au sud-ouest du pays, la capitale de la Perse au XVIIIe, est une succession de palais, de jardins, de mausolées et de mosquées, tous plus beaux les uns que les autres. Chiraz est la capitale culturelle et artistique de l'Iran. Visite extérieure du mausolée de Shah e Cheragh dont la coupole bulbeuse repose sur un tambour étroit. Dîner. Nuit à l’hôtel 7EME JOUR – CHIRAZ Petit déjeuner. Visite de la belle ville historique de Chiraz. Visite du Musée de Narendjestan, résidence historique et traditionnelle persane, reflétant l'élégance et le raffinement communs à la haute société persane durant le XIXe siècle. Le porche aux miroirs était un point focal de la maison, donnant sur les jardins bordés de palmiers dattiers et la maison des fleurs Visite des Mosquées d’Atigh (ancienne mosquée du vendredi) et Mosquée de Nasir-ol- molk (ou Mosquée des roses), un des exemples les plus réussis de l’architecture qadjar du XIXème. 5 Visite du Tombeau du grand poète Hafez. Déjeuner en ville. Visite de la Madrassa de Khan, construite en 1615 par Emam Qoli Khân, le gouverneur Safavide de la province. Visite du Bazar de Vakil et du Caravansérail de Saray-E-Mochir, situé à la fin du bazar. Visite du Jardin Eram Dîner Nuit à l’hôtel. 8EME JOUR – CHIRAZ / PERSEPOLIS (UNESCO) / ISPAHAN Petit déjeuner. Découverte de la porte du Coran (Darvazeh Ghor’an), renferme un grand Coran qui protège la ville et ses habitants, Visite du Tombeau de Khadju-E-Kermani, poète du XIIIème siècle Départ à destination de Persépolis (57kms), le site archéologique le plus impressionnant du pays avec les palais de Darius et de Xerxes. La Cité perse, a été du VIe au IVe siècle la capitale de l’empire achéménide, dont elle met en scène la grandeur. Le résultat est encore, malgré les injures du temps et de l’histoire, époustouflant. La sculpture a connu ici une efflorescence particulière : motifs mythologiques, animaliers, représentations humaines … vous serez étourdi par tant de majesté. Construite sur une vaste plate-forme, elle est ornée de bas-reliefs représentant l’ensemble des peuples qui faisaient partie de l'Empire perse. Darius, puis Xerxès, avaient rassemblé en Perse les meilleurs architectes et artisans du monde entier pour construire des monuments représentatifs de l'architecture et de la sculpture de l’ensemble des régions mésopotamiennes. Déjeuner A 4 km, la visite se poursuit avec Naqsh-e Rustam, la nécropole des premiers empereurs achéménides, Darius le Grand, Xerxès, Artaxerxés I et Darius II. C’est ici, dans les falaises du Kuh-e Hossein que Darius Ier et trois de ses successeurs (Artaxerxés Ier, Xerxès Ier, Darius II) ont choisi de faire creuser leurs tombeaux qui surplombent le site d’une manière grandiose. Huit bas-reliefs sassanides témoignent peut-être ici de de leur volonté de bénéficier du rayonnement divin. Nous nous rendons ensuite à Naqsh-e-Radjab où nous assisterons, à travers les bas- reliefs, aux cérémonies d’investiture des souverains sassanides. Départ pour Ispahan Arrêt à Izad Khast, ancien village fortifié, juché sur un éperon rocheux Dîner Nuit à l’hôtel. 6 9EME JOUR – ISPAHAN Petit déjeuner Située à 340 km de Téhéran, Ispahan est la 3e ville du pays avec plus de 2 millions d’habitants. Ispahan, perle de l’Iran, abrite plus de 2500 ans de civilisation : dans la plus grande oasis du désert, règne une atmosphère qui laisse imaginer celle des « Mille et Une Nuits ». Ispahan, dit la légende, aurait été construite à l’image du paradis. Ispahan ou « la moitié du monde » est l’un des joyaux du Moyen-Orient grâce aux pièces maîtresses de l’architecture islamique construites entre les 11e et 19e siècles.
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