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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