Pilgrimage Tour

September 2022

price

duration

10 days

tour type

Pilgrimage

Overview

The Pilgrimage tour is a cultural tour and an introduction to important Muslim places and shrines. On this tour, in addition to seeing the historical and cultural sites of Iran, you can experience the use of hijab by using a Chadoor in religious places.

Tour Highlights

  • Tour Cultural
  • Duration: Days10 / Nights 9
  • City: Tehran – Mashhad – Neyshabur – Shiraz – Yazd – Kashan – Qom – Isfahan

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Itinerary

Arrival at Tehran airport, transfer to hotel & rest. O/N Tehran. 

We will visit the Archaeological & Islamic Art Museum, the finest museum in Iran, where you’ll view a collection of ancient Persian civilization, the Golestan palace, and the carpet museum. O/N Tehran.

In the morning, we will transfer to the airport and fly to Mashhad. Upon arrival, we will visit Imam Reza shrine, Razavi museum, and bazaar. O/N Mashhad.

Drive to Neishabur, which was once a literary, artistic, and academic centre. It is famous for the shrine of the poet, Omar Khayyam, who died in 1123. On the way, stop at an old caravanserai which has been restored and wander through the streets of a nearby village where some of the famous Persian carpets are woven. O/N Mashhad.

In the morning, we will transfer to the airport and fly to Shiraz upon arrival. We will visit Eram Garden, Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, Hafez & Saadi Mausoleum, Shahcheragh Holy Shrine, Vakil complex, and the most astonishing mirror decoration of Aliebnehamze Holy Shrine. O/N Shiraz.

Drive to Yazd; en route we will visit Qoran Gate, Persepolis (a castle made by free workers, not slaves in 500 BC), Necropol (tombs of Achamenian kings) and Passargad, the tomb of Cyrus the Great, which was the Achamenian center. O/N Yazd.

In the morning, we will explore on foot this ancient city. We will visit narrow alleys, the highest wind tower in the city, which keeps the buildings cool, the Friday mosque from the 14th century, and a Zoroastrian temple where sacred fire has been kept alive for hundreds of years and is now a Zoroastrian pilgrim center. This is an opportunity to learn about Zoroastrianism, the Persian religion before the Arabs introduced Islam to Iran.Then go to the Towers of Silence on the outskirts of the city, which was a burial place for Zoroastrians. In the afternoon, drive to Isfahan. En route, we will visit Naeen Castle and an old caravanser. O/N Isfahan. 

In the morning we will visit Imam Square, the huge open square in the center of Isfahan with four monuments on four sides, including the Imam mosque, covered inside and outside with intricate turquoise tiles; the smaller Sheikh Lotfollah mosque contains some of the best mosaics from the 17th century; Ali Ghapoo Palace, which was the first skyscraper in Iran; and Isfahan Bazaar, where you can visit the workshop of artists who paint miniatures, sometimes on bone. In the afternoon, we will visit Si-o-Se Pol (thirty three) and Khajoo Bridges over Zayanderud, relax in one of the traditional tea houses, drink tea and smoke Persian water pipes. O/N Isfahan.

Continue to Tehran; en route we will visit Fin Garden in Kashan and the Masumeh shrine in Qom.O/N Tehran.

Transfer to Tehran IKA airport for your return flight.

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Nomad & Cultural Tour

September 2022

price

duration

10 days

tour type

nomad

Overview

Feel the nomad lifestyle for yourself. Experience the daily routine of a Ghashghaei Nomad family, such as shepherding, gathering and cutting wood, baking local bread, milking fluffy sheep and goats, and making fire for baking delicious Ghashghaei bread. Spend the night with the Ghashghaei family to hear their folklore stories.

Tour Highlights

Nomad & Cultural Tour
Duration: Days 10 / Nights 9
City: Tehran – Shiraz – Firuzabad – Yazd – Isfahan – Kashan

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Itinerary

Arrival at Tehran airport, transfer to Hotel O/N Tehran.

Tehran city tour, including stops at the Archeological Museum, Golestan Palace, and the Carpet Museum Evening flight to Shiraz, transfer to hotel. O/N Shiraz

In the morning, drive to Firuzabad and visit the Sassanid Palace.

Then we go to see the nomads of Ghashghaie. They’re the most generous people who protect their traditions as old as time. At night we will stay in a full-facilitated camp beside their black tents. O/N Black Tent

This is a day to immerse yourself in nomadic life. Get up early in the morning to the voice of shepherds taking the cattle for grazing. Enjoy a traditional nomadic breakfast and learn about their simple way of life in the afternoon on the drive back to Shiraz. O/N Shiraz.

We will visit Eram Garden, Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, Hafez & Sa’di mausoleum, Vakil complex, and the most astonishing mirror decoration of Aliebnehamze Holy Shrine, O/N Shiraz.

Drive to Yazd; en route we will visit Quran Gate, Perspolis (a castle made by free workers, not slaves in 500 BC), Necropol (tombs of Achamenian kings) and Pasargad, the tomb of Cyrus the Great, which was the Achamenian center. O/N Yazd.

A city tour of Yazd to see the Towers of Silence, Fire Temple, Friday Mosque, and the old part of the city. Then transfer to Isfahan, O/N Isfahan.

Full-day city tour of Vank Cathedral, Sio-se-Pol and Khajou bridges, Chehel-Sotoun Palace, Friday Mosque and Ali Qapu palace, Sheikh Lotfollah and Imam Mosque, Maidan-e-Naghsh-e-Jahan, and bazaar. O/N Isfahan.

Drive to Abyane, an ancient and fascinating village with its colorfully dressed inhabitants and mud-brick houses, where little has changed for several centuries. En route, we will visit Natanz Friday Mosque. O/N Kashan.

We will visit the Fin Garden complex in Kashan and the Hazrate Masumeh shrine in Qom, then transfer to Tehran IKA airport for your return flight and home country.

 

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