Myths of Persia

Daily Activity Arrival in IKA(Tehran International Airport). Transfer to the Hotel

Overnight Tehran

Daily Activity Tehran was a small garden city privileged by strategic location between the oases of the center of the country and the Fars basin. From the nineteenth century, the shah transformed the city by building great palaces, imposing mosques, solid walls with beautiful porcelain decorations, until it became the capital of the country. Today it is the political and financial center of Iran. We will visit the luxurious Golestan Palace, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We will continue through the National Archaeological Museum and the curious Museum of National Jewels, During afternoon we'll visit Bazaar and shopping.

Highlight: Golestan Palace, National Museum, National Jewels

Overnight Tehran

Daily Activity Breakfast and departure to Isfahan. On the way we will stop at Qom and visit a pilgrimage center where the Fatima Mausoleum stands out. Our Next stop is in Kashan, whose name literally means "tile", and is the first of the jewels of the central Iranian desert. Here we will visit the bagh-e-fin Garden, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and whose design belongs to the reign of Abbas I. To end in this beautiful city, we will visit the Agha Bozorg Mosque. Arrival in Isfahan.

Highlight:Fin Garden

Overnight Isfahan

Daily Activity Today we will discover the secrets of the mythical Isfahan. We will visit the great Naqsh-e Jahan Square, with its idyllic Islamic turquoise porcelain architecture. It also highlights the imam Mosque, an exceptional work in the history of world architecture, comparable only to the Taj Mahal or to Saint Peter of the Vatican. Visit also the Lotfollah Mosque and the Ali Qapu Palace. Free afternoon at the Grand Bazaar to buy and to enjoy the excellent atmosphere of the city. Accommodation.

Highlight: Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Ali Qapu, Imam Mosque

Overnight Isfahan

Daily Activity We continue our visits in Isfahan with the Vank Cathedral, as well as the Jame Mosque, the oldest Friday mosque in Iran. The Zayandeh River crosses the city and along its course there are 10 bridges, some through which traffic flows and others, older, for which only people can pass. We will visit the sio se (of the 33 arches) Bridge and the Khaju Bridge, considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Rest of the day free.

Highlight: Vank Cathedral

Overnight Isfahan

Daily Activity After having breakfast we continue our journey to Yazd by road. Right after arriving in Shiraz we'll have the opportunity to visit Fahadan district, Dolat Abad Garden, Yazd Jame Mosque and the Amir Chaqmaq Complex. rest of the day off.

Highlight: Dolat Abad Garden, Yazd Jame Mosque, Chaqmaq Complex

Overnight Yazd

Daily Activity Breakfast and visit of yazd, an architectural jewel built almost entirely of adobe and blue porcelain mosaic. visit of the Towers of Silenceor darkhmeh (cemeteries), place of burial. the Zoroastrians refused to bury or incinerate their dead, so the corpses were exposed at the top and were left at the mercy of the scavengers; later the bones were thrown into an open pit inside the towers and covered with quicklime. Later, visit the Zoroastrians fire temple as the most important center of the followers of this belief in Iran. It preserves a live call since the year 470. In the afternoon, departure towards Kerman.

Highlight: Tower of Silence, Yazd Old Town, Fire Temple

Overnight Kerman

Daily Activity After having breakfast we'll be transferred to the city of Rayen, to visit its spectacular Sassanian fortress built entirely in adobe. Its location is spectacular, in a desert area at the foot of steep mountains, an area of constant natural disasters to which this castle has miraculously survived. We continue to Mahan, quiet and small town, where we will see the sanctuary of the Sufi Shah Nematolah Vali, founder of a dervish order, covered entirely with turquoise mosaic, and the Shazdeh Garden (World Heritage Site). In the afternoon, visit the Ganj ali Khan complex.

Highlight: Rayen Castle, Shazdeh Garden

Overnight Kerman

Daily Activity Breakfast and departure to Shiraz, visiting the Friday Mosque of Neyriz en route, one of the oldest in Iran and one of the most valuable legacies of the Islamic world. We will also visit the Sarvestan Palace, built by the Sassanid king Bahramgur that dominates an immense and empty plain. Arrived to shiraz.

Highlight: Sarvestan Palace

Overnight Shiraz

Daily Activity After having breakfast we start the full day city tour of Shiraz, which is a city with more than 4000 years of history. We start our journey by visiting Nasir-ol Molk Mosque (Also known as Pink Mosque), which is impressive for its multiple stained glass. We continue with the Karim khan Citadel, which resembles a medieval fortress, which was built as the residence of Karim Khan; after that it’s time to visit Zand Complex with its beautiful and magnificent bath and mosque. In the afternoon visit of one of the most beautiful gardens in the region, the Eram garden and finally the mausoleum of Hafez, one of the greatest glories of the Persian poets.

Highlight: Nasir-ol Molk Mosque, Zand Complex, Eram Garden

Overnight Shiraz

Daily Activity Breakfast and departure towards Persepolis, a World Heritage, where we will know the vestiges of the great capital of the Achaemenian Persian Empire until its conquest by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. We will continue to Naqh-e Rostam where we will see the necropolis of the kings, excavated in the rock. Right after in the afternoon, visit of the Quran gate and the holy sepulcher mausoleum of Sayyed Mirahmad, the most important pilgrimage center of the province.

Highlight: Persepolis, Necropolis

Overnight Shiraz

Daily Activity Transfer to SYZ (Shiraz International Airport). Flight back home.