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IranMania
2003 Tours |
Iran travel offers nine different tours for discovering Iran:
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1.
From Susa to Isfahan
2.
Rays of Splendor
3.
Hidden Beauty
4.
The Great Culture
5.
Northwest
6.
The South Tour
7.
Symphony of Colors
8.
The Ancient tour
9.
The Blue Dome tour
Price of above Tours
Should you have any queries about traveling to Iran, please do not
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Iran Almanac 2003 |
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Iran Almanac
2003,
provides information and services to scholars, government officials,
business people, journalists and people who have an interest in Iran
and Iran studies especially in their
contemporary framework.
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| Private Luxury
Tours |
Private luxury &
adventure tours
have no set date and can be altered to cater for your needs and interests.
You will not be traveling with any other group and typically you will
provided with your own personal tour guide as well as a car and
driver.
Below we have listed some possible tours you may wish to consider
but you can always ask us to customize and arrange a tour just to
meet your particular interests.
Archaeological sites
Carpets & Rugs
Caspian Sea
Christian Sites
Cities & Sites
Cycling
History of Iran Tour
Islamic Sites
Mountain Trek
Nomadic People
Persian Gulf Tour
Rural Life
Ski Tour
Wildlife areas
Zoroastrian Sites
To inquire about a private tour
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Day 1 -
Arrive at Tehran Airport, greetings
& transfer to the hotel. O/N in Howeyzeh Hotel
Day 2 -
Drive via Qasre Bahram caravanserai to impressive flat expanses of
Great Salt Lake which we follow alongside, also passing
waterholes and Siah Kuh mountains where we might watch the elusive wild
antilopes, to the ruins of 400 years old royal
Sefidabad hunting castle and from there to lonely
Sefid Ab park ranger station, O/N in Tent
Day 3 -
Drive across edge of Great Salk Lake passing scenery with huge sand
dunes stopping at Marenjab
oasis/caravanserai and further through Aran
town with sanctuary of Helal ebn Ali to Kashan
where we visit the Bazar with Timche or AgheBozorg Medresse, from there
we drive to the Qamsar, a village in
the rosewater production area at the heart fo Karkas mountain. O/N in
Golestan Hotel, Qamsar
Ghasre Bahram
Caravanserai (Varamin)
Day 5 -
The full day we spend visiting Bakhtiari
nomads in settlements and black tents in the breathtaking scenery of
Kuhe Rang and Kuhe Zard mountain regions passing Shahryari, Samsami and
Juneqan where we visit the Sardar Asad Bakhtiari castle, in the evening
arriving at Shahr-e Kord, O/N in
Azadi Hotel
Day 6 -
Drive via Shalamzar to beautiful
Choghkor Lake, from there through
lovely mountain scenery with nomads, shepherds and small settlements via
Gandoman, Javanmardi, to Sendegan spring and continue through impressive
Zagros mauntains to Yasouj, O/N in
tent by the Yasouj waterfall.
Masoumeh Tomb (Qum)
Day 8 -
Drive through Qashqai nomad area to
Firouzabad
where we visit the Sasanid Palace, after excursion on tribal migration
trails to Konar Siah fire temple we return to Firuzabad where we can
visit the Sasanid round city and/ or walk up to Sasanid Castle,
continue to Shiraz. O/N in Eram Hotel
Day 9 -
In the morning visit Hafez Tomb, Vakil Bazaar and the
Holy Shrine of Shah Cheragh, drive to former Achaemenid residence of
Persepolis
(UNESCO World Heritage) and
Naghsh-e Rostam
rock tombs. O/N in tent near Persepolis.
Day 10 -
Drive to
Isfahan,
en route visit Pasargade
with Cyrus tomb, Izadkhast (from graveyard view the ruined village and
caravansarai), Aminabad Caravansarai. O/N in Espadana Hotel
Desert (Maranjab)
Day 13 -
Drive via
Aqda,
Nain
where we visit carpet weaving place and Pirnia House with ethnological
museum (Friday mosque optional), Natanz
where we visit the Friday mosque and ceramics maker, continue to
picturesque mountain village of Abyaneh.
O/N in Local Houses
Day 14 -
Drive to
Tehran
via Qum
and visit Qum Sanctuary (only possible from outside), continue to
Tehran, in Tehran late afternoon free at leisure or Mellat Park resp.
Jamshidieh Park, in the evening Farewell Dinner at traditional
restaurant, O/N in Howeyzeh Hotel
Day 15 -
Transfer to the International Airport for departure flight. |
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Aghabozorg School (Kashan)
Day 4 -
Drive to via Feridunshahr and
through settlements of Bakhtiari Nomads like Maydanak to Chelgerd with
water tunnel feeding Zayandehrud River, from there we make a trekking
excursion to spring of Kuhe Rang river, after return we drive a few
kilometers to the well at Dimeh in
nomad country. O/N by Dimeh well in Tent
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Isfahan)
Day 7
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Drive through area with Mamasani nomad settlements to Sasanid city of
Bishapour,
rock reliefs in
Tang-e Chowgan
and hiking up to Shapour Cave with monumental statue, then continue to
Parishan,
one of the few sweetwater lakes in central Iran. This belongs to the
area of Qashqai nomads. O/N in Tent
Traditional House (Kashan)
Day 11 -
Full day
city tour in
Isfahan,
visit Imam Square (UNESCO World Heritage) with Imam & Sheikh Lotfollah
Mosques, Ali Qapou Palace, Bazaar & the old bridges in Isfahan. O/N in
Espadana Hotel
Day 12 -
In the
morning visit Jame Mosque & the Fruit Market. At noon drive via
picturesque small mosques of Dashti and Barsian to pigeon towers in
Ezhyeh, from there to the lonely fortresslike caravanserai of
Yaghmish.
O/N in Tent
Persepolis |
