Ekbatan tour - 12 Days

We will be glad to meet you at Imam Khomeini Airport and transfer you to the hotel. You will have time to rest and relax before Tehran-tour starts. First we go to visit Golestan Palace of Qajar dynasty that has been in use from 18th to 19th centuries. Then we go for walk in bazaar. When you walk in bazaar you smell different spice. You can see a lot of tasty nuts. Get acquainted with handicrafts. Today circulation will end by visit the National Museum of Iran.

Early morning we leave Tehran to Qazvin. The first site is Russian Church (Kantur) the smallest church in Iran. Chehel sotoun, is the next place in our plan for visit. This palace is built by Tahmasp I the second king of Safavid dynasty. Nowadays this palace change to Calligraphy Museum. Qaghr Bath another place choose for visit is one of the oldest and largest baths in Qazvin, which made in 1057 (AH) by Amir Khan Qajar Qazvin commanders of Shah Abbas Safavi. we go to coffee shop in bazaar and visit Caravanserai of Sa’d al-Saltaneh. The last and beautiful place for visit in Qazvin is Atiq Mosque the oldest Jameh Mosque in Iran.

Early in the morning we leave Qazvin to Kashan to see Tepe Sialk is a large ancient archeological site. The Sialk ziggurat was built around the 3000 BC. Fin Garden the second place select for visit that is famous for irrigation system while you are waking behind nice cypress tree and hear the sound of water, see the beautiful flower, you feel in paradise. At the end we will visit bazaar of Kashan and Timche Amin Dawla which are the masterpiece of Iranian architecture.

In the morning we go to visit historic houses of Borujerdiha and Tabatabaeiha related to the Qajar era. Then driver pick us up to Abeyance (red village). This village is one of the highest spots residential in Iran. The altitude in this village is 2222 m. when you walk in the village feel relaxed, coolness and beauty. After we continue to Natanz. In this nice village we visit fire temple with 2000 years old and Jameh Mosque.

Today our tour start with the Naqsh-e-Jahan square which is second biggest square in the world. Sheikh Lotfollah and Imam Mosques, and Aliqapu Palace three place was built with order of Shah Abbas the Great. By writing cannot described the glory of Naqsh-e-Jahan square. we go to visit Chehel Sutoon which the beautiful image of this palace will remain in the mind for a long time. In the afternoon we going to walk near Zayanderud River and see three old bridges.

Jameh Mosque is the first place to visit in morning. Architects believe this site like a tube of time. During the time by order of kings many Structure added to the main mosque with wonderful design. Next we will visit Vank Cathedral. The cathedral was established in 1606, dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of Armenian deportees that were resettled by Shah Abbas I.

Today after breakfast we leave Isfahan to Yazd during the way we stop in Nain to visit Jameh Mosque. In the afternoon we go to visit Dolat-Abad Garden which belongs to Afshar dynasty. By digging a 65-kilometer-long aqueduct, the water is conducted to garden. This garden has the biggest windward in the world.

On this day we will visit water museum, Jameh Mosque, Fahadan neighborhood, Alexander’s Prison, bazaar, Zoroastrian Towers of Silence, Fire Temple and Amir Chakhmaq Complex that each of them is unique.

Today destination is Shiraz, in morning after breakfast we go to Abarkuh to visit cypress with 4500 years old, Aghazadeh Mansion and Abarkuh Brick Glacier. The next place we will visit is Pasargadae which was capital of the Achaemenid Empire. By writing cannot described the glory of this place.

At 8 am we are ready to see Nasir al-Mulk Mosque (pink Mosque). In this mosque, colored glasses are used, which double beauty of the mosque in morning sunshine. Narenjestan e Ghavam the seconded place we go to visit. You can see special painting on woods (Mrjvk). Then we go to visit holy shrine of Shah Cheragh. Shiraz is considered by Shia Muslims to be the three most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad and Qom. We have lunch near Zandieh complex are contains mosque, Bathroom and bazaar in afternoon we will visit them

Early morning 7.30 we are ready to visit Persepolis and Necropolis belong to Achaemenid dynasty. By writing cannot described the glory of these places. In the afternoon we will visit the tombs of Hafez and Ali-Ebn-e-Hamzeh.