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The Persian Dream
Tour
12-Day
Tour of Iran
ONLY
$4139.00!!
per person
based on
double occupancy
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Highlights: |
 Round trip air from the U.S.
Domestic
flights in Iran All
transfers and sightseeing operated by private car and guides
(personalized service) Tehran Archaeological
Museum Isfahan
Naghsh-e-Jahan Square Aliqapou Palace Imam Mosque Sheikh Lotfollah
Mosque Bazaar
Dinner at an Iranian home Chehel Sotoon Palace
Vank
Church Shiraz
Persepolis
Hafez and Saadi Tombs Eram Garden Vakil Complex Citadel Shiraz Museum Bath and Bazaar Qavam House Mausoleum of Shah-e-Cheragh
Sasanian Palace
Yazd
Towers of Silence Dolatabad Garden
Jomeh
Mosque Alexander prison
Kerman
Jabalieh Dome
Bam
Mausoleum of Nematolah Deluxe and First class
hotels All entrance
fees, guidance and taxes. |
| Day |
Itinerary |
| Day
01 |
Depart USA on a scheduled flight to
Tehran. All meals and beverages served on board flight. |
| Day
02 |
Arrive Tehran Mehrabad
International Airport where you will be met by our representative
who will assist you with your customs formalities. Transfer to your
hotel, the luxurious Laleh Hotel. Overnight.
Tehran: The luxurious
Laleh Hotel |
| Day
03 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of
Tehran, the capital of the country for 207 years. Visit the
Archeological, Glass, and Carpet museums. You will view an excellent
collection of different objects from the 13th Century BC to the 20th
Century AD as well as the finest Persian carpets. Later transfer to
the airport for your flight to Isfahan. Arrive Isfahan where you
will be met and transferred tot he luxurious Abbasi hotel. Isfahan
was the capital of Persia during three different eras. What is
remarkable about the Abbasi hotel is that it was formerly a
caravanserai and is about 400 years old. You will experience pure
oriental accommodation combined with the luxury of a deluxe
property. Overnight. (B) |
| Day
04 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of
Isfahan visiting Naghsh-e-Jahan Square, Aliqapou Palace (the first
Iranian highrise), Imam and Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, and the
traditional bazaar, where you can bargain for your handicrafts and
carpets. You will also see the historical bridges of Khajou and
Sioseh which was constructed during the Safavid dynasty from the
17th Century AD. Relax in one of the traditional tea houses and
drink Persian tea, or experiment with smoking a Persian water-pipe
while listening to Persian music. Transfer back to your hotel. In
the evening, you will be met and transferred to an Iranian home
where you will be hosted for an Iranian home-cooked dinner and have
the chance to get to know an Iranian family and their way of life,
as well as engage in social discussion. Later, transfer back to your
hotel for an overnight. (B,D)
Isfahan:
Naghsh-e-Jahan
Isfahan:
Naghsh-e-Jahan Square |
| Day
05 |
Breakfast, then start your tour by
visiting the Chehel Sotoon, a palace for receiving foreign officials
in the 17th Century AD; Hasht Behesht Haram (belonged to a Safavid
king's wifes); and Vank Church, the most beautiful church in Iran
from the 16th Century AD. Then marvel at the 700 year old Shaking
Minarets. If you wish, you can climb one and shake it, and the
second one will also shake for no apparent reason. Later, transfer
to Isfahan airport for your flight to Shiraz. Arrive Shiraz where
you will be met and transferred to your hotel, the deluxe Homa
Hotel. Overnight. (B)
Shiraz
City: Eram Garden |
| Day
06 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of
Shiraz, which was formerly the capital of Persia in the 18th Century
AD. Visit Persepolis which was the ceremonial capital of Persia in
500 BC during the reign of the Achaemenian dynasty. See the
Naghsh-e-Rostam. It was the Achaemenian kings' necropolis, cut out
of a mountain called Hossein. Also visit the tombs of Hafez and
Saadi, the two great Persian poets. End the tour of Persepolis by
visiting the Eram Garden. Return to the Homa hotel for overnight.
(B)
Persepolis near
Shiraz Fars province |
| Day
07 |
Breakfast, then start your tour by
visiting the Vakil Complex including the Citadel, the museum, the
bath and the bazaar of the Zand dynasty from the 18th Century AD, as
well as the Qavam Orangery House, a masterpiece of architecture from
the 19th Century AD. Lunch at a traditional Iranian restaurant.
Continue the tour to visit the Mausoleum of Shah-e-Cheragh, brother
of the 8th Shia Imam. Return to the Homa hotel for overnight.
(B,L) |
| Day
08 |
Breakfast, then drive to Yazd via
Sarvestan to visit the Sasanian Palace of the 4th Century AD.
Continue your tour to the Towers of Silence, the 3rd Century AD
burial place for Zoroastrians where, according to their beliefs, the
bodies of the deceased were exposed to vultures. Overnight in Yazd
at the famous Saffaieh Hotel, known for its beautiful rose gardens.
(B) |
| Day
09 |
Breakfast, then tour Yazd. Visit
the Zoroastrian fireplace. Here you will see the sacred fire which
has been kept alive for hundreds of years and is now a Zoroastrian
pilgrim center. Visit the Dolatabad Garden of the 16th Century AD,
the Jomeh Mosque of the 13th Century AD, and the Alexander prison of
the 3rd Century AD. Lunch, then drive to Kerman. Overnight at the
Holiday Inn Hotel in Kerman. (B,L) |
| Day
10 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of
Kerman visiting the Vakil complex, the Bazaar, the Mosque and the
Jabalieh Dome of the 17th Century AD. Drive to Bam via Mahan City
for lunch at the traditional restaurant Prince Garden, a beautiful
19th Century AD garden. Continue the tour visiting the Mausoleum of
Nematolah Vali who was the founder of a Dervish sect in Iran in the
14th Century AD. Overnight at the Bam Eram Hotel in Bam. (B)
Bam
City: Bamold Citadel |
| Day
11 |
Breakfast, then drive to the Old
Citadel of Bam to visit the greatest mud-brick monument in the
world, dating to the 3rd Century AD. Drive to Kerman for your flight
to Tehran. Arrive Tehran where you will be met and transferred to
your hotel, the luxurious Homa Hotel for an overnight.
(B) |
| Day
12 |
Breakfast, then you will be met by
our representative and transferred to Tehran Mehrabad airport, where
you will be assisted with your check-in formalities for your flight
back home. (B) |
Also Included:
All transfers within Iran. Personalized sightseeing as mentioned in
itinerary, in a private car, with a tour guide and a driver including
entrance fees to sights mentioned. Included as well is the service
charge imposed by hotels, porterage, meeting and assistance at airports
and hotels.
Not included: Items
of a personal nature such as laundry, alcoholic beverages, telephone
calls, visa charge and tips.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: If
single supplement is needed, please add $875.
If airfare from the U.S.A. is not
required, please deduct $920 from posted rate.
Remarks: You cannot enter
Iran if you have an Israeli stamp on your passport.
If you need a different
package, we will customize it for you.
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