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Off beaten road in 15 day
Cities to be visited:
Tehran - Firuzkuh - Sari - Gorgon - Gonbad-e Qabus - Khosh Yelaq
- Bastam - Shahrud - Dasht-e Kavir - Nain - Isfahan - Abyaneh -
Alamut - Qazvin - Soltaniyeh - Katalehkhor Cave - Takab - Badrlu
- Kerefto-Cave - Qizkapan - Qainardjeh - Takhte Soleiman -
Berendjeh Crater - Tehran
Extensions &
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Extension #1
Extension #2
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Tehran:
Arrive at Tehran Airport, greetings & transfer to the
hotel. O/N in Howeyzeh Hotel
Services: Meet and Assist, assistance
by Visa issuance and customs clearance , luggage
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Locations: Tehran -
Firuzkuh - Sari:
Breakfast/ Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city tour,
meals , refreshments, entrance fees , transfers and
accommodation included.
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Tehran - Firuzkuh
- Sari:
Drive until closely before Firuzkuh and
continue about 10 km northwest via
Jelisjand to Tang-e Vashi, walk through
water of gorge to next valley passing by
Qajar hunting relief and return,
continue via Firuzkuh to Zir Ab, from
there excursion along wooded Elburs
mountains to Lajim (Sharyari tomb tower
with Pahlavi / Arabic inscriptions from
1023 AD), from there return to Zir Ab
and continue to Sari, O/N Hotel |
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Locations:Sari -
Gorgon - Gonbad-e Qabus - Khosh Yelaq:
Breakfast / Dinner
Hotel: Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Sari -
Gorgon - Gonbad-e Qabus - Khosh
Yelaq:
Drive via Gorgon to Gonbad-e
Qabus, visit tallest and oldest
tomb tower from 1006 AD in Iran,
continue to Khosh Yelagh
National Park for trekking, O/N
in Tent |
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Khosh Yelaq - Bastam - Shahrud - Dasht-e Kavir:
Breakfast / Dinner
Hotel: Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Khosh
Yelaq - Bastam - Shahrud - Dasht-e
Kavir:
Drive to Bastam, visit Sufi
Sheikh Bayazid sanctuary,
continue via Shahrud alongside
colourful eroded mountains to
Torud, partly on desert tracks
and continue via Moalleman to
Jandaq at center of Dasht-e
Kavir desert, O/N in Tent |
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Locations: Dasht-e
Kavir - Nain - Isfahan
Breakfast / Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Dasht-e
Kavir - Nain - Isfahan:
Drive alongside sand dune area
to Chupanan, view this typical
desert town with many wind
towers, continue via Anarak to
Nain, watch carpet manufacturing
and visit traditional Pirnia
House (Jame Mosque is optional),
drive on to Isfahan, O/N
Espadana or Azadi-Hotel |
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Locations:
Isfahan
Breakfast / Dinner
Hotel: Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Isfahan:
Full Day city tour in Isfahan,
visit Imam & Sheikh Lotfollah
Mosques, Ali Qapu, in the
afternoon Chehel Sotun Palace,
Bazaar & the old bridges in
Isfahan. O/N in Espadana or
Azadi Hotel |
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Locations: Isfahan
- Abyaneh
Breakfast / Dinner
Hotel: Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Isfahan - Abyaneh:
In the morning visit
Jame Mosque & the Fruit
Market. At noon drive to
Natanz, visit Jame
Mosque, ruin of Fire
Temple and Ceramics
Workshop, continue to
the picturesque mountain
village of Abyaneh, O/N
in local houses |
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Locations: Abyaneh
- Tehran
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Hotel: Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Abyaneh -
Tehran:
Drive to Kashan, visit Borujerdi
House or Agha Bozorg Mosque and
Fin Garden, continue to Qom and
view Fatimeh Masoumeh Sanctuary
from outside, visit Khomeini
Mausoleum on the way to Tehran,
O/N Howeyzeh Hotel |
Our daily visits would be included
special Iranian
dinner at a local traditional
restaurant or outdoor area. |
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Locations: Alamut
Valley - Qazvin
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Hotel: Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Alamut
Valley - Qazvin:
Drive via Qazvin to Alamut
valley, visit ruins of Hasan
Sabah castle, picknick at Iwan
lake and return to Qazvin, short
city tour with old caravanserais
at bazaar and Shahzadeh Hosein
sanctuary in the evening, O/N
Alborz Hotel |
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Locations: Soltaniyeh
- Katalehkhor Cave - Takab
Breakfast / Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Soltaniyeh
- Katalehkhor Cave - Takab:
Drive to Soltaniyeh, visit
Oljeitu Mausoleum which is
claimed to be model for central
building of Taj Mahal in India
and have tea at former Hammam,
continue to very impressive
Katalehkhor caves with
stalagmites/stalactites, from
there via Bijar to Takab, O/N
Ranji-Hotel |
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Locations:
Takab Vicinity: Badrlu - Kerefto-Cave -
Qizkapan - Qainardjeh
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Takab
Vicinity: Badrlu - Kerefto-Cave
- Qizkapan - Qainardjeh
Drive to Badrlu and visit lake
with swimming island, from there
back via Takab to Kerefto caves
which were supposedly used in
Parthian times for oracles with
Herakles inscription, back via
Takab to mountain village of
Qizkapan passing crater with
greenish water, then to the
village of Qainarjeh, O/N in
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Locations: Takhte
Soleiman Firetemple - Berendjeh Crater - Tehran
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Takhte
Soleiman Firetemple - Berendjeh
Crater - Tehran
Drive to the impressive
Sassanian firetemple of Takht-e
Soleiman on the way visit Zendan-e
Soleiman crater hill formed by
artesian deposits, then drive to
Berenjeh for trekking along
craters of artesian wells,
continue through colourful
mauntain scenery via Kapaz,
Dandy to Zanjan and return to
Tehran, O/N Howeyzeh Hotel |
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Locations: Tehran
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Tehran:
City tour of Tehran with
Archaeological Museum, Islamic
Museum, bazaar and
Sahebgharanieh palace in
Niavaran complex, in the evening
farewell dinner at traditional
restaurant, O/N Howeyzeh Hotel |
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Locations: Tehran
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Full Day guided city
tour, meals , refreshments, entrance fees ,
transfers and accommodation included.
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Tehran:
Transfer to the International
Airport for departure flight |
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Locations: Tehran
Hotel:
Room: Double
Services: Transfer to Airport,
luggage handling, assistance by the costumes
clearance included.
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Locations: Caspian sea region. Azerbaijan,
Kurdistan
Room: Double
Services: All included.
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Day 16:
Tehran/Rasht:
Drive to RASHT via the beautiful Chalus
Road across the Alborz Mountains ,
overnight RASHT.
Day
17:
Rasht/Bandaranzali:
Excursion to the village of Masuleh and
Anzali Lagoon , overnight Anzali.
Day
18:
Bandaranzali/Tabriz:
Drive to Tabriz via Ardebil to visit
Sheikh Safi- eddin Ardebil Shrine ,
overnight Tabriz.
Day
19:
Tabriz:
Full Day city tour of Tabriz to visit
the Blue Mosque , Azerbaijan Museum ,
Shah-Goli Pavilion , and bazaar ,
overnight Tabriz.
Day
20 : Tabriz:
Full Day excursion to St. Thaddeus
(Black) Church near Maku , overnight
Tabriz.
Day
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Tabriz/Maragheh:
Drive to MARAGHE to visit the three
Seljuk towers , overnight MARAGHE.
Day
22 :Maragheh/ Sanandaj:
Drive to SANANDAJ , en-route visit
Takht-e-Soleiman to see Sassanian fire
temple , overnight SANANDAJ.
Day
23:
Sanandaj/ flight to
Tehran:
free
at leisure Day before departure
Day 23:
Departure
early morning |
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Locations: Mashad
Room: Double
Services: All included.
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Day 16: Tehran / Mashhad (Flight)
This morning we are transferred to
the airport for a flight to Mashhad.
Afternoon tour of Mashhad.
Overnight: Homa Hotel, Mashhad (2
nights) (B, D)
Day 17: Mashhad
Day excursion to Neishapour, visit
will also include the tomb of Amar
Khayyam. (B, D)
Day 18: Mashhad / Tehran (Flight)
Morning we visit the famous
pilgrim's bazaar. Afternoon transfer
back to the airport for a flight to
Tehran.
Overnight: Laleh Hotel, Tehran (1 night)
(B, D)
Day 19: Depart Tehran
Morning transfer to the airport for
the departure flight. (B)
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Locations: Kish
Room: Double
Services: All included.
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Day 16: Tehran / Kish Island (Flight)
This morning we are transferred to
the airport for a flight to the Kish
Island. Afternoon tour of the city.
Overnight: Shayan Hotel, Kish Island (3
nights) (B, D)
Day 17: Kish Island
Day free to enjoy this spectacular
island. (B, D)
Day 18: Kish Island
Day free. (B, D)
Day 19: Kish Island / Tehran (Flight)
Morning transfer back to the airport
for a flight to Tehran.
Overnight: Laleh Hotel, Tehran (1 night)
(B, D)
Day 20: Depart Tehran
Morning transfer to the airport for
the departure flight. (B)
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