Arrive to IKA airport, transfer to hotel in Tehran,  Tehran city tour include visiting Golestan palace, Golestan palace is complex of palaces, visit of 2 palaces included. After that Sardar-e Bagh-e Melli and National Museum of Iran will be visited, then Carpet museum and Bazar…, free time.

Golestan Palace: The lavish Golestan Palace is a masterpiece of the Qajar era, embodying the successful integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture with Western influences. The walled Palace, one of the oldest groups of buildings in Teheran, became the seat of government of the Qajar family, which came into power in 1779 and made Teheran the capital of the country. Built around a garden featuring pools as well as planted areas, the Palace’s most characteristic features and rich ornaments date from the 19th century. It became a centre of Qajari arts and architecture of which it is an outstanding example and has remained a source of inspiration for Iranian artists and architects to this day. It represents a new style incorporating traditional Persian arts and crafts and elements of 18th century architecture and technology.

Overnight: Tehran

Transfer to Mehr Abad airport for flight from Tehran to Tabriz, arrive Tabriz, ،Tabriz city tour include visiting: El Goli (formerly Shah Goli), Blue Mosque, The Bazaar of Tabriz, Azerbaijan Museum, Ark-e-Alishah, Constitution house, …

Overnight: Tabriz

Ground transfer to Kandovan village, Kandovan is an extraordinary ancient village in the province of East Azarbaijan, near the city of Tabriz, Iran. With its at least 800 years existence, this remarkable place is inhabited by 670 people and offers scenic beauty for its travelers. With homes carved inside rocks, some of them 700 years old, the Kandovan village is said to have been partially formed by volcanic remains from a strong Mount Sahand eruptions hundreds of years ago. The intriguing architecture of this village seems to defy all rules and travelers are usually fascinated by its incredible slopes and irreverent paths. free time…

Overnight in rocky hotel-Kandovan

Transfer to Tabriz airport for flight from Tabriz to Shiraz. Shiraz City tour include visit of:

Nasir-ol Molk Mosque (Pink mosque), famous for colorful ceramics & windows, Afif-Abad (Golshan) Garden, one of the most elegant and oldest gardens in Shiraz, Eram Garden(Persian garden-UNESCO World Heritage) a nice sample of Persian Gardens and today as the botanical garden of Shiraz, Ali Ibn-e Hamzeh magnificent mausoleum, Tomb of Hafez, the world famous Iranian poet.

Overnight: Shiraz

Shiraz city tour include visit of Vakil complex: Karim Khan citadel(Arge Karim Khani), Vakil bathhouse, Vakil mosque and Vakil Bazar, after that Shah Cherah holy shrine will be visited.

Note: this city tour can be replaced by visit of Maharlo lake, Maharloo lake also known as pink lake.Maharloo is a seasonal salt lake about an hour away from Shiraz, with a dominant pink hue because of the amount of red tide in it. )

Overnight: Shiraz

Ground transfer from Shiraz to Firoz Abad, for day tour of Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region(UNESCO World Heritage Site). The sites at Firuzabad, a town located 110 km from Shiraz, include: the magnificent Palace of Ardeshir Babakan (Ardeshir I); the walled or circular city of Ardeshir Khoreh; Qal’eh Dokhtar, the castle built by Ardeshir I on a mountain slope, dedicated to the goddess Anahita; the bas-reliefs showing the coronation of the Sassanian king Ardeshir and his conquest over the last Parthian king. Bishapur is located 140 km from Shiraz and includes the ancient city of Bishapur. This site also covers Tangeh Chogan and a cave with the standing sculpture of the king Shapur I inside.

At a distance of 100 km southeast of Shiraz is Sarvestan, which includes Sarvestan Palace, built in 5th century AD.It was either a palace or a Zoroastrian fire temple.

Sassanid Archaeological Sites are of the must-visit attractions in central and southern parts of Iran. If you are traveling to Iran, make sure to include them in your itinerary.

The Sassanian Empire succeeded the Parthians and came to power in Fars province in Persia in the year 224 AD. Their period witnessed the most stellar achievements of Persian civilization and constituted the last great Iranian Empire before the infiltration of Islam. Sassanian arts which survived in architecture, reliefs, metal work, stucco and standing sculptures in caves are mostly in Sassanid Archaeological Sites in Fars region, the original province of the ruling empire of Sassanians in Iran. The influence of Sassanian art went as far as China and the Mediterranean.

Eight of the most important surviving works of Sassanian art and architecture have been included in UNESCO’s list. These eight Sassanid Archaeological Sites are located in the areas of Firuzabad, Bishapur and Sarvestan, all in Fars province.

Overnight: Shiraz

Early in the morning ground transfer toward Yazd city(UNESCO World Heritage site), and in the way Persepolis (Takhte Jamshid) and Pasargad (2 UNESCO World Heritage sites) and Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab will be visited, arrive to Yazd.

Persepolis: Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models. The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site.

Pasargadae: Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great, in Pars, homeland of the Persians, in the 6th century BC. Its palaces, gardens and the mausoleum of Cyrus are outstanding examples of the first phase of royal Achaemenid art and architecture and exceptional testimonies of Persian civilization. Particularly noteworthy vestiges in the 160-ha site include: the Mausoleum of Cyrus II; Tall-e Takht, a fortified terrace; and a royal ensemble of gatehouse, audience hall, residential palace and gardens. Pasargadae was the capital of the first great multicultural empire in Western Asia. Spanning the Eastern Mediterranean and Egypt to the Hindus River, it is considered to be the first empire that respected the cultural diversity of its different peoples. This was reflected in Achaemenid architecture, a synthetic representation of different cultures.

Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
An ensemble of historic, religious and artistic works from the Achaemenian and Sasanian periods located within a small perimeter near the monuments of Persepolis and those of the pre-Sasanian city of Estakhr, between which flows the Polvar river.

1. Naqsh-e Rajab, at the foot of Mt.Hosain, where Elamite remains are to be found, an important funerary ensemble of Achaemenian kings, particularly the graves of Darius I and Xerxes, exists. Their facades bear Achaemenian bas-reliefs and 6 important bas-reliefs from the first half of the Sasanian period are visible below them.

2. Naqsh-e Rajab: several hundred meters away from the remains of the city of Estakhr, four bas-relief panels from the early Sasanian period exist within a small ensemble.

Overnight: Yazd

Yazd: Yazd city registered as World Heritage site in UNESCO list. Yazd city tour  including Fire temple، Zoroastrian Museum, Tower of silence, Dolatabad garden, Amirchaghmagh complex, Jame Mosque of Yazd, and Yazd Water Museum, Bazar…

Overnight: Yazd

Ground transfer to Isfahan, Chahar Bagh St, Khajo bridge will be visited.

Transfer to hotel and check-in.

Overnight: Isfahan

Isfahan city tour include visit of: Naqshe Jahan Square ( UNESCO Heritage Site ), Sheikh Lotfollal Mosque, Ali Qapu Palace, Gheysarieh Bazar, Chehel Soton palace, Emam mosque, Sio Se Pol bridge.

Overnight: Isfahan

Isfahan city tour include visit of: Vank Cathedral, Jolfa Quarter, Isfahan Music Museum, Menar Jonban(Shaking towers), Atashgah mountain (from down side), Khaju Bridge, Bazar…

Overnight: Isfahan

Early in the morning ground transfer to Abyaneh village(RED village), Abyaneh village is one of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Iran that is so popular in Iran tourism and the is named Natanz Red Spirit. Houses in Abyaneh have a reddish color that comes from the soil around the village containing iron oxides. The red historic Iranian town of Abyaneh makes for breathtaking visual sensations. one of the most important village to visit in Iran is Abyaneh. After that continue toward Kashan, in Kashan city tour include visiting: Bagh-e Fin Garden · Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse · Tabatabei House · Bazaar of Kashan…

Overnight: Kashan

In the morning Madreseh Agha Bozorg and Bazar will be visited, then transfer to Kashan terminal for ground transfer by bus to Tehran, arrive Tehran, transfer to hotel and check in.

Overnight: Tehran

Tehran city tour include visit of: Emamzadeh Saleh/Imamzadeh Saleh holy shrine, Bazar, Iran mall, Chitgar,… free time.

Overnight: Tehran

Transfer to airport and eparture Iran