Cultural
Historical
Tour Duration: 15 Days
Customizable: Yes
Tehran, Kashan, Abyaneh, Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman and Shiraz.
Iran is completely different from anywhere else you have visited before. The people, culture, and even its foods and beverages.
The development of the tourism industry has seen many destinations reach a saturation point, which has led people to search for new destinations that remain truly different from where they came.
Iran is home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations hosts many incredible UNESCO World Heritage Sites and boasts beautiful landscapes stretching from dense rain forests to snow-capped mountains to desert basins.
If you plan to visit Iran, now is the time to go as the country is changing really fast and you don’t want to miss the best that it has to offer!
Discover Iran beyond the media portrayals with Iran Highlights Tour, This is a country full of warm, lively, and friendly people.
Best time ever! The tour guide went above and beyond to make it fun and interesting. We expect to be back soon.
My wife and I visited here for the first time in late April. I must say that any tour can be great with a great guide and I was lucky enough to have Vahid as the guide.
Arrival at Tehran International Airport. Transfer to hotel, check-in by our representative.
Stay overnight.
visit the Iran National Museum (Museum of Ancient Iran), and spend your time in Golestan Palace the former royal Qajar complex. Discover the eye-catching precious Jewelleries collection of Iran in the Iran Jewels Museum and go for a short trek on Tabiat Bridge.
stay overnight.
Drive to Kashan and admire the Iranian traditional architecture by visiting the Tabatabai house and Sultan Amirahmad bathhouse. Tread in Fin garden and praise Persian garden designers.
Stay overnight.
Drive to Abyaneh village and meet its people with their special outfits and maybe wear beautiful costumes to take some beautiful pictures and walk around its magnificent nature.
Stay in the village at night.
Drive to Esfahan and get acquainted with Naqshe Jahan Square a historic royal square of old Isfahan which is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visit the picturesque Shah mosque, Sheikh-Lotfollah Mosque, and Ali Qapu Palace.
Ponder on the breathtaking Armenian Vank Cathedral in the Jolfa district. Walk beside the Isfahan River and visit the Sio-Seh Pol and Khaju Bridges at night.
Overnight stay.
Drive to Yazd on the way visit the most sacred place for Zoroastrians around the world Chak Chak. Then head to Kharanagh and be amazed by its architecture and landscapes.
Stay overnight.
Get into the mysterious world of Zoroastrians by visiting their Fire temple as a place of worship and also the Towers of Silence or Dakhmeh.
Admire the people of Iran’s plateau by visiting the water museum and learning about Qanats and underground water canals. Visit the nice brick and tile works of Yazd Jame mosque and also the magnificent Islamic Amirchaghmagh complex.
Stay overnight.
Drive to Kerman on the way and visit Zein-o-din Caravanserai and its beautiful landscape. Continue to Kerman and admire people who have adapted their lives to a desert city.
Overnight stay.
Drive to Mahan to meet those Sufis who have traveled a long way to show their respect to their master Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine, and visit Shahzadeh Garden which is another example of the Persian garden. Then drive to Rayen and visit the citadel of Rayen. Drive back to Kerman.
Stay overnight.
Drive to Shahdad Desert to visit Kalouts (Yardangs) one of the most beautiful natural phenomena in the desert which are generated by the extreme soil and water erosion during the thousand years.
Drive back to Kerman and Stay overnight.
Drive to Shiraz, the city of the roses and nightingales (about 8 hours)
Stay overnight.
Drive to Persepolis and enjoy visiting ancient Persia then visit Naqshe Rostam and visit the Tombs of the Persian kings and also some Sassanid bas-reliefs, then drive to Pasargadae and visit the Tomb of the Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid dynasty and ruins of first Persian garden there.
Stay overnight.
Head to the Zand complex to visit Karim Khan Castle, Karimkhan Bath, and also Vakil Bazaar to get a sense of Shiraz as a capital 250 years ago. Meet warm Iranian people in Hafez’s tomb and foretell your future by its poems.
Stay overnight.
Visit Nasir-al-Molk mosque which is known as the pink mosque, walk to Zinat-al-Molk and Qavam Garden, and admire their masterpiece mirror work to respect their guests. In the afternoon drive to Saadi’s tomb another Great Persian poet.
Stay overnight.
Transfer to Shiraz international airport and fly to Tehran. Transfer to IKA international airport and flay out.