Iran UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tour
Explore the spectacular Cultural and Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran from Ancient history to Islamic Golden Age. An all-including UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Iran covers pre-historic ruins belonging to Elamite complex & Median Era, magnificent Achaemenid Empire, Armenian Churches, Islamic Mosques and buildings, exotic village and historic city and Lut Desert.
Highlights
• Armenian Monastic Ensembles
• Bam and its Cultural Landscape
• Bisotun
• Cultural Landscape of Maymand
• Soltaniyeh
• Lut Desert
• Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan
• Gonbad-e Kavus
• Naqsh-e Jahan Square
• Pasargadae
• Golestan Palace
• Persepolis
• Shahr-e Sukhteh
• Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble
• Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
• Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
• Takht-e Soleyman
• Tchogha Zanbil
• The Persian Garden
• Historic City of Yazd
Iran UNESCO world heritage sites tour summarized program
Day1 . Arrival-Tabriz
Day2 . Tabriz- Qare Kelisa – Maku
Day3 . Maku -Saint Stepanos Monastery- Keleybar
Day4 . Keleybar-Meshginshahr
Day5 . Meshginshahr -Share Yeri- Ardabil
Day6 . Ardabil-Takht-e Soleyman-Takab
Day7 . Takab- Karaftu Cave- Soltaniyeh- Zanjan
Day8 . Zanjan- Kermanshah- Behistun
Day9 . Behistun –Shush
Day10 . Shush-Shushtar-Chogha Zanbil- Ahvaz
Day11 . Ahvaz-Chogan Canyon – Shiraz
Day12 . Shiraz sightseeing
Day13 . Shiraz- Pasargadae- Persepolis- Shiraz
Day14 . Pasargadae -Meymand –Kerman
Day15 . Kerman- Mahan- Bam
Day16 . Bam- Lut Desert
Day17 . Lut Desert- Zabol
Day18 . Zabol- Gonabad- Birjand
Day19 . Birjand- Tabas- Yazd
Day20 . Yazd- Nain- Kuh Paye
Day21 . Kuh Paye- Isfahan
Day22 . Isfahan sightseeing
Day23 . Isfahan- Abyaneh- Kashan- Tehran
Day24 . Tehran sightseeing
Day25 . Tehran-Damghan- Gonbad-e Kavus
Day26 . Gonbad-e Kavus- Gorgan- Tehran
Day27 . Tehran
Iran UNESCO world heritage sites tour detailed itinerary
Day1 . Arrival-Tabriz
Sightseeing of Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex including Timcheh-e-Mozafariyeh, stay overnight hotel in Tabriz
Day2 . Tabriz- Qare Kelisa – Maku
Sightseeing of Qare Kelisa (St. Thaddeus Monastery), visit Baghche Jugh Palace & stay overnight hotel in Maku
Transfer : 265km
Day3 . Maku -Saint Stepanos Monastery- Keleybar
Visit of Saint Stepanos Monastery, passing near Aras River, visit Kurd dash Bath, drive towards Keleybar & stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 420km
Day4 . Keleybar-Meshginshahr
Trekking towards Keleybar Fort, return back to Meshginshahr , pass the Meshginshahr suspension bridge & swim in Hot Spring, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 112km
Day5 . Meshginshahr -Share Yeri- Ardabil
Visiting cultural Share Yeri site, drive towards Ardabil to visit Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 95km
Day6 . Ardabil-Takht-e Soleyman-Takab
Transfer to the archaeological site of Takht-e Soleyman, drive towards Takab, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 362km
Day7 . Takab- Karaftu Cave- Soltaniyeh- Zanjan
Visiting Karaftu Cave, drive to Soltaniyeh Dome, stay in overnight hotel in Zanjan
Transfer : 364km
Day8 . Zanjan- Kermanshah- Behistun
Drive to Kermanshah, visit Taq Bostan and head to Mount Behistun to visit one of the most famous inscriptions in Iran, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 351km
Day9 . Behistun –Shush
Move to Shush, visit De Morgan Castle, Apadana Palace, Shush museum, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 382km
Day10 . Shush-Shushtar-Chogha Zanbil- Ahvaz
You will be transferred to Ahvaz, sightsee Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System and head to Choqa Zanbil Ziggurat, drive to Ahvaz and stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 115km
Day11 . Ahvaz-Chogan Canyon – Shiraz
Transfer to Shiraz, visit Anahita Bishabur Temple, and visit the rock-reliefs of Chogan Canyon and head to Shiraz, stay overnight Shiraz
Transfer : 520km
Day12 . Shiraz sightseeing
Visit Hafez Tomb, Eram Garden, Vakil Bazaar, Nasir ol Molk Mosque, stay overnight hotel
Day13 . Shiraz- Pasargadae- Persepolis- Shiraz
You transfer to Pasargadae, visit Pasargadae and drive and visit Persepolis, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 270km
Day14 . Pasargadae -Meymand –Kerman
Moving to Kerman to visit exotic village of Meymand and go to Kerman, stay overnight Kerman
Transfer : 593km
Day15 . Kerman- Mahan- Bam
Going to Bam to visit Mahan Garden, drive to Bam and visit Bam Citadel, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 190km
Day16 . Bam- Lut Desert
Drive to Lut Desert, visit the Natural World Heritage Site of Lut Desert, stay overnight local house
Transfer : 220km
Day17 . Lut Desert- Zabol
Drive towards Zabol to visit Shahr-e Sukhteh (Burnt City) and stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 360km
Day18 . Zabol- Gonabad- Birjand
Drive towards Gonabad to visit one of the Persian Qanats in Gonabad, drive to Birjand and stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 360km
Day19 . Birjand- Tabas- Yazd
Drive towards Yazd, visit Historic City of Yazd
Transfer : 633km
Day20 . Yazd- Nain- Kuh Paye
Visit some historical sites in yazd, drive towards Nain, visit historical sites in Nain, drive to Kuh-Payeh, stay overnight hotel
Transfer : 238km
Day21 . Kuh Paye- Isfahan
Drive towards Isfahan, visit Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan and other highlights of Isfahan
Transfer : 88km
Day22 . Isfahan sightseeing
Visit Bazaar and other highlights of Isfahan, stay overnight hotel
Day23 . Isfahan- Abyaneh- Kashan- Tehran
Drive towards Tehran, stop to visit Abyaneh village and Fin Garden and some other highlights of Kashan, and head towards Tehran, stay overnight hotel in Tehran
Transfer : 330km
Day24 . Tehran sightseeing
Visit Golestan Palace, Iran National Museum, old Bazaar, stay overnight hotel
Day25 . Tehran-Damghan- Gonbad-e Kavus
Drive towards Gonbad-e Kavus, visit Tarikhaneh Mosque (Temple) in Damghan, drive towards Gonbad-e Kavus, stay overnight hotel in Gonbad
Transfer : 536km
Day26 . Gonbad-e Kavus- Gorgan- Tehran
Visit Gonbad-e Qabus Tower, drive to Tehran, passing through Paddy fields & mountainous road of Alborz, stay overnight Tehran
Transfer : 521km
Day27 . Tehran
Free time- Head to IKA Airport -end of the tour
Iran UNESCO world heritage sites tour serviced included
- All transfers, sightseeing trips, all entrance fees according to the program
- Train ride Mashhad-Tehran (sleeping car)
- All overnight stays in a 3* middle-class hotel according to the program in a double room with shower/toilet
- Meals – half board (breakfast and dinner) see itinerary
- Local cultural tour guide
- Invitation for the visa