• Duration

    27 Days & 26 Nights

  • Location

    Iran

  • Start

    Tabriz– Iran

  • Finish

    Tehran – Iran

  • Type

    Classic

  • Group Size

    12

  • Physical Grading

    Standard

  • Tour Code

    # 839

Iran UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tour

Explore the spectacular Cultural and Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran from Ancient histoty to Islamic Golden Age. An all-including UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Iran covers pre-historic ruins belonging to Elamite complex & Median Era, magnificent Achaemenid Empire, Armenian Churches, Islamic Mosques and buildings, exotic village and historic city and Lut Desert.

Highlights

• Armenian Monastic Ensembles
• Bam and its Cultural Landscape
• Bisotun
• Cultural Landscape of Maymand
• Soltaniyeh
• Lut Desert
• Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan
• Gonbad-e Kavus
• Naqsh-e Jahan Square
• Pasargadae
• Golestan Palace
• Persepolis
• Shahr-e Sukhteh
• Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble
• Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
• Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
• Takht-e Soleyman
• Tchogha Zanbil
• The Persian Garden
• Historic City of Yazd

Itinerary

1st Day
Arrival-Tabriz
Sightseeing of Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex including Timcheh-e-Mozafariyeh, stay overnight hotel in Tabriz
2nd Day
Tabriz- Qare Kelisa – Maku
Sightseeing of Qare Kelisa (St. Thaddeus Monastery), visit Baghche Jugh Palace & stay overnight hotel in Maku
3rd Day
Maku -Saint Stepanos Monastery- Keleybar

Sightseeing Saint Stepanos Monastery, passing near Aras River, visit Kurd dash Bath, drive towards Keleybar & stay overnight hotel
4th Day
Keleybar-Meshginshahr
Trekking towards Keleybar Fort, return back to Meshginshahr , pass the Meshginshahr suspension bridge & swim in Hot Spring, stay overnight hotel
5th Day
Meshginshahr -Share Yeri- Ardabil
Visiting cultural Share Yeri site, drive towards Ardabil to visit Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble, stay overnight hotel
6th Day
Ardabil-Takht-e Soleyman-Takab
Drive toward the archaeological site of Takht-e Soleyman, drive towards Takab, stay overnight hotel
7th Day
Takab- Karaftu Cave- Soltaniyeh- Zanjan
Drive and visit Karaftu Cave, drive to Soltaniyeh Dome, stay in overnight hotel in Zanjan
8th
Zanjan- Kermanshah- Behistun
Drive towards Kermanshah, visit Taq Bostan and head to Mount Behistun to visit one of the most famous inscriptions in Iran, stay overnight hotel
9th Day
Behistun -Shush
Drive towards Shush, visit De Morgan Castle, Apadana Palace, Shush museum, stay overnight hotel (long drive)
10th Day
Shush-Shushtar-Chogha Zanbil- Ahvaz
Drive towards Ahvaz, sightsee Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System and head to Choqa Zanbil Ziggurat, drive to Ahvaz and stay overnight hotel
11th Day
Ahvaz-Chogan Canyon – Shiraz
Drive towards Shiraz, visit Anahita Bishabur Temple, and visit the rock-reliefs of Chogan Canyon and head to Shiraz, stay overnight Shiraz (long drive)
12th Day
Shiraz
Visit Hafez Tomb, Eram Garden, Vakil Bazaar, Nasir ol Molk Mosque, stay overnight hotel
13th Day
Shiraz- Pasargadae- Persepolis
Drive towards Pasargadae, visit Pasargadae and drive and visit Persepolis, stay overnight hotel
14th Day
Pasargadae -Meymand -Kerman
Drive towards Kerman to visit exotic village of Meymand and go to Kerman, stay overnight Kerman
15th Day
Kerman- Mahan- Bam
Drive towards Bam to visit Mahan Garden, drive to Bam and visit Bam Citadel, stay overnight hotel
16th Day
Bam- Lut Desert
Drive to Lut Desert, visit the Natural World Heritage Site of Lut Desert, stay overnight local house
17th Day
Lut Desert- Zabol
Drive towards Zabol to visit Shahr-e Sukhteh (Burnt City) and stay overnight hotel
18th Day
Zabol- Gonabad- Birjand
Drive towards Gonabad to visit one of the Persian Qanats in Gonabad, drive to Birjand and stay overnight hotel
19th Day
Birjand- Tabas- Yazd
Drive towards Yazd, visit Historic City of Yazd (Long Drive)
20th Day
Yazd- Nain- Kuh Paye
Visit some historical sites in yazd, drive towards Nain, visit historical sites in Nain, drive to Kuh-Payeh, stay overnight hotel
21st Day
Kuh Paye- Isfahan
Drive towards Isfahan, visit Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan and other highlights of Isfahan
22nd Day
Isfahan
Visit Bazaar and other highlights of Isfahan, stay overnight hotel
23rd Day
Isfahan- Abyaneh- Kashan- Tehran
Drive towards Tehran, stop to visit Abyaneh village and Fin Garden and some other highlights of Kashan, and head towards Tehran, stay overnight hotel in Tehran
24th Day
Tehran
Visit Golestan Palace, Iran National Museum, old Bazaar, stay overnight hotel
25th Day
Tehran-Damghan- Gonbad-e Kavus
Drive towards Gonbad-e Kavus, visit Tarikhaneh Mosque (Temple) in Damghan, drive towards Gonbad-e Kavus, stay overnight hotel in Gonbad
26th Day
Gonbad-e Kavus- Gorgan- Tehran
Visit Gonbad-e Qabus Tower, drive to Tehran, passing through Paddy fields & mountainous road of Alborz, stay overnight Tehran
27th Day
Tehran
Free time- Head to IKA Airport -end of the tour

Inclusion

Transport: Air Conditioned Transfer as per itinerary
Accommodation : 26 Nights hotel (3&4 * – BB)
Meals : Daily Breakfast & Refreshment
Group Leader : English Speaking Guide
Other Services: Visa Arrangements

Exclusion

• Any expenses such as telephone calls, laundry, mini bar used in the room, tips etc.
• International ticket
• Tips and porter charges
• Any other services not specified above
• All attraction Entrance fees
• Visa fee

Important Note

• Please have in mind that in local house single rooms are not provided unless the client asks us for a single room. Also normally in local house, there are no beds.
• On sea trips in case of bad conditions of the sea the routes and timing may change
• In nature trips in case of climate changes and bad weather, changes in accommodation and programs may occur
• The booking process of the hotel starts upon receiving the flight details.
• Changes in the hotels may occur

Visa

In order to get the visa, we need 7 working days to get the invitation ref number from Iran foreign ministry.
The needed documents are: a completed visa application form (please Click here to fill the application form),
the copy of your passport; and also the scan of your former visa if you have traveled to Iran before .
The file of your passport copy should be as below:

• Size 40kb
• Format should be JPEG or GIF
• Size should be 5.5cm *4.3cm
• It should be digital

Responsible Travel

As the executive of nature tours in Iran & Globe, we have assumed our responsibility & role so seriously, know the tourism effect on our surrounded environment & local society, and try to plan & operate our tours in accordance with this foreground thought; For, we believe that the tour executive has a great effect on the means of transferring his/her experiments, to guarantee both the passengers health & environment conservation .

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