15 DAY TOUR OF ANCIENT IRAN – EKBATANA Inside the heart and soul of Persia
OUTLINE & HIGHLIGHTS
Duration
15 Days
Group Size
Individuals & Small Groups
Physical Rating
Normal – Normal – some walking
Best time to travel
Spring & Fall
Tehran
15 Days
Tehran
Tour Highlights
- Wander through the Carpet Museum, with an extensive collection of old and new Persian carpets and rugs from the major carpet-weaving centers of Iran.
- Discover the 1000-year-old Rayen Castle, the most important ancient monument of the pre-Islamic Sassanid period.
- Explore the Ganj-Ali Khan Complex is a Safavid-era building complex composed of a school, a square, a caravanserai, a bathhouse and water reservoir, a mint, a mosque, and a bazaar dating to the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Visit the charming Vakil Tea-House a converted bathhouse from 1280 AH
- Explore the 16th Century Zeineddin Caravanserai situated on the ancient Silk Road.
- Discover the desert wanders of Yazd; the largest mud-brick city in the world. (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
- Explore Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid kings. Built by Darius the Great in 512 BC, its magnificent ruins is among the world’s greatest archaeological sites. UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.
Itinerary Outline:
DAY 01:
DEPARTURE
Departure from Europe (pre-booked hotel room).
DAY 02:
ARRIVAL IN TEHRAN
DAY 03:
TEHRAN-SHIRAZ- SHIRAZ/EXCURSION TO PERSEPOLIS & NAGHSH-E-ROSTAM-PASARGADAE
DAY 04:
SHIRAZ
DAY 05:
SHIRAZ-KERMAN (580 km)
DAY 06:
KERMAN/EXCURSION RAYEN AND MAHAN (107 km)
DAY 07:
KERMAN
DAY 08:
KERMAN-YAZD (368 km)
DAY 09:
YAZD
DAY 10:
YAZD-NA’IN-ISFAHAN (350 km)
DAY 11:
ISFAHAN
DAY 12:
ISFAHAN
Transfer to IKA airport for departure flight.
DAY 13:
ISFAHAN-NATANZ-KASHAN-TEHRAN (445 km)
DAY 14:
TEHRAN
DAY 15:
DEPARTURE TEHRAN
In the morning transfer to IKA airport for the departure flight.
What’s Included:
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