11 Days Iran Luxury Tour
The land of “One Thousand and One Nights”
Introduction
A very Lux 11-day Iran tour with high class services
Iran historical sites seeing, an introduction to Iranian history, culture, architecture and
customs
Duration
Group Size
Transport
Includes
11 days – 11 nights
15 to 25 persons
Chartered bus, Flight
Accommodations
Insurance
All site entries
2tour leaders
Local guide
Translator
All domestic transportations
Not Includes
International Transport
Personal Shopping
All things not mentioned in Includes
Accommodations
Meals
5* hotels (10 nights), 4* hotel (1 night), traditional house
(1 night)
11 breakfasts, 1 Dinner
Day 0 – From Amsterdam to Tehran
 Flight to Iran (directly or through Turkey)
 Transfer to hotel
 Free Time
Day 1 – Tehran / plan
 Transfer to hotel
 Bagh-e Melli (The National Garden)
 National museum of Iran
 Glassware and Ceramic Museum
 Golestan Palace
 Imam mosque of Tehran
 Zoorkhaneh (ancient sports place)
Day 1 – Tehran / gallery - intro
4* Ferdowsi international hotel
With 22000 square meters of floor space Ferdowsi Grand Hotel was first opened.
Renovations and improvements have brought pleasant and modern changes yet we
have also the touch of Persian heritage as well. This six story high hotel has 220 rooms,
suites, and royal suites and restaurants. We offer traditional and modern Iranian cuisine
and well as international cuisine and a buffet.
http://www.ferdowsihotel.com/Home/en
National museum of Iran
National Museum of Iran, aging more than 70 years,
containing 300,000 museum objects in an area more than
20,000 square meters, is not only the largest museum of
History and Archaeology of the country, but ranks as one of
the few most prestigious museums of the world in regard to
grand volume, diversity and quality of its huge monuments.
http://www.nationalmuseumofiran.ir/
Day 1 – Tehran / gallery - intro
Glassware and Ceramic Museum of Iran
The premises that have been turned into museum where glass and clay works are on display were built about 90 years ago upon orders of
Ahmad Qavam (Qavam-ol-Saltaneh) for his personal lodging (residence and working office). The building is situated in a garden with a span
of 7000 square meters and was used by Qavam himself till the year 1953.
Later, the building were sold to the Egyptians as the new premises for the embassy of Egypt and remained in their possession for seven years.
http://www.glasswaremuseum.ir/
Day 1 – Tehran / gallery - intro
Zoorkhaneh (ancient sport place)
Golestan Palace
Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals is the name inscribed by UNESCO for
varzesh-e pahlavani or varzesh-e bastany, a traditional Iranian system of
athletics originally used to train warriors.
It combines martial arts, calisthenics, strength training and music.
Recognized by UNESCO as among the world's longest-running forms of
such training, it fuses elements of pre-Islamic Persian culture (particularly
Zoroastrianism, Mithraism and Gnosticism) with the spirituality of Shia
Islam and Sufism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlevani_and_zoorkhaneh_rituals
The Golestan Palace, literally the Roseland Palace, is the former
royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran.
The oldest of the historic monuments in Tehran, a world
heritage, the Golestan Palace belongs to a group of royal
buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched
walls of Tehran’s Historic Arg (citadel).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golestan_Palace
http://www.golestanpalace.ir/en/virtual-visit/pictures.html
Day 2 – Shiraz / plan
 Domestic flight to Shiraz
 Karim-Khan castle
 Eram garden
 Bazaar of Shiraz
 Hafezieh (tomb of Hafez)
 Qur’an gate
Day 2 – Shiraz / gallery - intro
Eram Garden
Karim khan Castle
Eram Garden (Persian: Bāq e Eram) is a historic Persian garden in Shiraz,
Iran.The garden, and the building within it, are located at the northern
shore of the Khoshk River in the Fars province.
Both the building and the garden were built during the middle of
nineteenth century by the Ilkhanate or a paramount chief of the Qashqai
tribes of Pars.
The Karim Khan Castle (Persian: Arg-e Karim Khan) is a
citadel located in the north-east of Shiraz, southern Iran. It
was built as part of a complex during the Zand dynasty and
is named after Karim Khan, and served as his living quarters.
In shape it resembles a medieval fortress.
At times, the citadel was used as a prison. Today, it is a
museum operated by Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eram_Garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arg_of_Karim_Khan
Day 2 – Shiraz / gallery - intro
Hafezieh (Tomb of Hafez)
Bazaar of Shiraz
The Tomb of Hafez and its associated memorial hall, the Hāfezieh, are two memorial
structures erected in the northern edge of Shiraz, Iran, in memory of the celebrated Persian
poet Hafez. The open pavilion structures are situated in the Musalla Gardens on the north
bank of a seasonal river and house the marble tomb of Hafez. The present buildings, built in
1935 and designed by the French architect and archaeologist André Godard, are at the
site of previous structures, the most well-known of which was built in 1773.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Hafez
Vakil Bazaar (Persian: Bazaar-e Vakil) is the main
bazaar of Shiraz, Iran, located in the historical
center of the city.
It is thought that the market originally was
established by the Buwayhids in the 11th century
AD, and was completed mainly by the Atabaks of
Fars, and only was renamed after Karim Khan Zand
in the 18th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakil_Bazaar
Day 2 – Shiraz / gallery - intro
Shiraz 5* Hotel
Hammam-e Vakil (Vakil Bath)
Shiraz Hotel is a five star hotel which is located in the city of Shiraz, the birthplace of
Persian culture and art. This hotel, with 40000 m² area in 14 floors, is situated in
neighborhood of the holy Quran gate and it is close to touristic places in Shiraz.
The hotel welcomes the guests with luxurious rooms, several restaurants and coffee
shops, laundry services, travel agency, conference rooms and ball room, sport
complex and game net.
Vakil Bath is an old public bath in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of
the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign,
which includes Arg of Karim Khan, Vakil Bazaar, Vakil Mosque
and many administrative buildings.The monument is inscribed
with the number 917 on the list of national works of Iran.
http://www.shiraz-hotel.com/
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakilhammam
Day 3 – Shiraz & Pasargadae / plan
 Sa’dieh (Tomb of great Sa’di)
 Persepolis
 Pasargadae
 Xerxes Tomb
Day 3 – Shiraz & Pasargadae / gallery - intro
Sa’dieh (Tomb of great Sa’di)
Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, Saadi Shirazi, better known by his pen-name Saʿdī or simply Saadi, was one of the
major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has been quoted in western sources
as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadi_Shirazi
Day 3 – Shiraz & Pasargadae / gallery - intro
Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid)
Persepolis (Old Persian: Pārśa, New Persian: Takht-e Jamshid or Pārseh), literally meaning "city of Persians", was the ceremonial capital of the
Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of city of Shiraz in the Fars Province in Iran. The earliest remains of
Persepolis date from around 515 BC. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World
Heritage Site in 1979.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis
Day 3 – Shiraz & Pasargadae / gallery - intro
Pasargadae (Cyrus the Great’s Tomb)
Cube of Zoroaster
The Tomb of Cyrus is the burial place of Cyrus the Great of Persia. The tomb is located in
Iran, at the Pasargadae World Heritage Site in Fars Province. It has six broad steps leading
to the edifice of the King, the chamber of which measures 3.17m long by 2.11m wide by
2.11m high and has a low and narrow entrance.
The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (alt: Kaba-ye Zardusht, Kabaye Zardosht), meaning the "Cube of Zoroaster," is a
5th century B.C.E. Achaemenid-era tower-like
construction at Naqsh-e Rustam, an archaeological
site just northwest of Persepolis, Iran. This enigmatic
structure is one of many surviving examples of the
Achaemenid architectural design.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Cyrus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka'ba-ye_Zartosht
Day 4 – The Desert / plan
 Zein o din Caravansary
 Hiking in desert
 Cameleer
 Sar-e Yazd Castle
Day 4 – The Desert / gallery - intro
Zeinoddin Caravansary
Sar-e Yazd Castle
The Zein-o-Din Caravanserai is located in Zein-o-din, Yazd, Iran. The caravanserai dates
to the 16th century and is situated on the ancient Silk Road. It is one of 999 such inns that
were built during the reign of Shah Abbas I to provide facilities to travelers. Of these,
Zeinodin is one of two caravanserais built with circular towers. After its refurbishment, it
has operated as an inn. A similarly built caravanserai near Esfahan is in ruins.
A Sassanid castle in Mehriz region.
This historical building registered as
an Iranian national works with
number 1084 at 1975.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeinodin_Caravanserai
http://www.tishineh.com/touritem/2
469/saryazd-castle
Day 5 – Yazd / plan
 Dowlat-Abad garden
 Yazd historical town
 Jame’ mosque
 Alexander prison
 Bahram fire temple
 Amirchakmaq Sq.
 Ancient cistern
 Bazaar
Day 5 – Yazd / gallery - intro
Alexander Prison
Dowlat-abad Garden
This 15th-century domed school is known as Alexander's Prison because of
a reference to this apparently dastardly place in a Hafez poem.
The story goes that during the reign of Alexander the Macedonian, a
number of Iranian elite resisting his domination went on an uprising in Rey
(Near Tehran). He had them arrested, and on his way through Yazd
imprisoned them in a dungeon which refers to a deep well in the courtyard
of this building.
http://www.tishineh.com/touritem/872/Yazd-Alexander's-Prison-(Zendan-eEskandar)
Dowlatabad Garden is one of the 9 gardens listed
as world heritage sites under the common title of
Persian Garden. This garden was created in the
mid-18th century for the Karim Khan Zand, then the
regent of Iran. To create this garden and to supply
its water a 65 kilometer (40 miles) long chain of
qanats (underground water channels) were dug
from Mehriz to Yazd.
http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Do
wlatabad_Garden.htm
Day 5 – Yazd / gallery - intro
Bahram Fire Temple
Jame (main) Mosque of Yazd
A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians, often
called dar-e mehr (Persian) or agiyari (Gujarati).In the Zoroastrian religion,
fire, together with clean water, are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash
for the purification ceremonies is regarded as the basis of ritual life," which
"are essentially the rites proper to the tending of a domestic fire, for the
temple [fire] is that of the hearth fire raised to a new solemnity".
‫مسجد جامع یزد به شیوه یک ایوان در دل کویر میباشد و‬
‫ پایههای‬.‫ سال و سه دوره بنا شدهاست‬۱۰۰ ‫در طی حدود‬
‫ از لحاظ‬،‫اصلی مسجد را ساسانیان و بنای فعلی مسجد‬
‫شیوه معماری متعلق به دو دوره موسوم به آذری‬
‫ بنای گنبد خانه متعلق به دوره ایلخانی و‬.‫دانستهاند‬
‫سر در رفیع مسجد را متعلق به زمان شاهرخ و دوره‬
،‫ این بنا از لحاظ خوابیدگی گنبد‬.‫تیموری دانستهاند‬
‫سردر رفیع وبلند و همچنین کاشیکاری زیبا و‬
.‫ شهرت دارد‬،‫منحصربهفرد‬
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_temple
Day 5 – Yazd / gallery - intro
Amir Chakmaq Sq. Complex
The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: Majmūʿa
Meydân Amir Čaqmaq; also Romanized
Chakhmaq, Chakmaq, Chakhmagh, Chakmak) is
a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its
symmetrical sunken alcoves. It is a mosque
located on a square of the same name. It also
contains a caravanserai, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a
cold water well, and a confectionery. At night, the
building is lit up after twilight hours after sun set
with orange lighting in the arched alcoves which
makes it a spectacle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Chakhmaq_Co
mplex
Day 6 – Isfahan / plan
 Na’in wind traps
 Zayandehrood river
 Sio-se pol (33 bridges)
 Khajoo bridge
 Go for walk and recreation
Day 6 – Isfahan / gallery - intro
Khajoo bridge
Sio-se pol (33 bridges)
Khaju Bridge (Persian: Pol-e Khāju) is arguably the finest bridge
in the province of Isfahan, Iran. It was built by the Persian
Safavid king, Shah Abbas II around 1650, on the foundations of
an older bridge. Serving as both a bridge, and a dam (or a
weir), it links the Khaju quarter on the north bank with the
Zoroastrian quarter across the Zayandeh River.
Siosepol or Siose Bridge (which means 33 Bridge or the Bridge of 33
Arches), also called the Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge, is one of the eleven
bridges of Isfahan, Iran and the longest bridge on Zayandeh River with
the total length of 297.76 metres (976.9 ft). It is highly ranked as being
one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaju_Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siosepol
Day 7 – Isfahan / plan
 Naqshe Jahan Sq.
 Imam Mosque
 Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
 Aali-qapoo edifice
 Chehel Sotoon (40 Columns)
 Vank Cathedral
 Crafts Bazaar
Day 7 – Isfahan / gallery - intro
Aali-Qapu edifice
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Ali Qapu (Persian: Āli Qāpu , from Ottoman Turkish: Âli Qapı,
meaning "High Porte") is a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. It is
located on the western side of the Naqsh e Jahan Square,
opposite to Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, and had been originally
designed as a vast portal.
Sheikh Lutfollah Mosque (Persian: Masjed-e Sheikh Lotf-ollāh) is one of
the architectural masterpieces of Safavid Iranian architecture, standing
on the eastern side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran.
Construction of the mosque started in 1603 and was finished in 1619. It
was built by the chief architect Shaykh Bahai, during the reigh of Shah
Abbas I of the Safavid dynasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Qapu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Lotfollah_Mosque
Day 7 – Isfahan / gallery - intro
Imam (shah) Mosque
The "Shah Mosque" also known as "Imam Mosque" named after the
1979 Islamic revolution in Iran and "Jaame' Abbasi Mosque", is a
mosque in Isfahan, Iran, standing in south side of Naghsh-e Jahan
Square. Built during the Safavid period, ordered by the first Shah
Abbas of Persia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Mosque_Isfahan
Day 7 – Isfahan / gallery - intro
Vank Cathedral
Holy Savior Cathedral (Persian: Kelisa-ye Vank or Amenapergich),
also known as Vank Cathedral and The Church of the Saintly
Sisters, is a cathedral in Isfahan, Iran. Vank means "monastery" or
"convent" in the Armenian language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vank_Cathedral
Chehel Sotoon (40 Columns)
Chehel Sotoun (“Forty Columns”) is a pavilion in the middle of a park at
the far end of a long pool, in Isfahan, Iran, built by Shah Abbas II to be
used for his entertainment and receptions. In this palace, Shah Abbas II
and his successors would receive dignitaries and ambassadors, either on
the terrace or in one of the stately reception halls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chehel_Sotoun
Day 7 – Isfahan / gallery - intro
Abbasi Hotel – 5*
The Abbasi Hotel (formerly known as the Shah Abbas Hotel) is a hotel located in Isfahan, Iran. This complex was built at the time of king Sultan Husayn of
Safavid about 300 years ago. It was built as a caravansary to provide lodging for passengers. The structure has been renovated since the 1950s by
André Godard to fight and prevent degradation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasi_Hotel
Day 8 – Kashan / plan
 Go to Kashan
 Sialk Historical Hill
 Abbasi Historical House
 Aameri Historical House
 Fin Garden
 Residence in a beautiful
historical House
 Soiree, Live music and
conversation about the trip
Day 8 – Kashan / gallery - intro
Fin Garden
Sialk Historical Hill
Fin Garden, or Bagh-e Fin, located in Kashan, Iran, is a historical Persian
garden. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajarid
chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasereddin Shah in
1852. Completed in 1590, the Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in
Iran.
Tepe Sialk is a large ancient archeological site (a tepe or Persian tappeh,
"hill" or "mound") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in
central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area has
been linked to the Zayandeh River Culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_Garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepe_Sialk
Day 8 – Kashan / gallery - intro
Abbasi House
Aameri House
The Abbasi House (Persian: Khāneh-ye 'Abbāsihā) is a large traditional
historical house located in Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran.
Built during the late 18th century, the house is a beautiful example of
Kashan's residential architecture. Other such notable houses, such as
the Tabātabāei House, are located nearby.
The Āmeri House (Persian: Khāneh-ye 'Āmerihā), is a historic house in
Kashan, in Isfahan Province, in Iran.
It was built during the Zand era for Agha 'Āmeri, the governor of
Kashan, who was responsible for maintaining the security of the
route between Tehran and Kerman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasi_House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri_House
Day 8 – Kashan / gallery - intro
Residence in Irani House (traditional house)
The Iranian House aging more than 250 years, is located in the Kooshk-e-Safi quarter, one of the oldest quarters of Kashan. The
1000m² house, which is constructed on the “flower bed ditch” model, is in fact the exterior part of an immense house which lost its
interior part and other annexes over time. After seven successive years of strengthening, restoring and remodeling, this house has
emerged as one of the rare traditional residences which have been restored according to scientific and technical principles.
http://www.khane.ir/en
Day 9 – Back to Tehran / plan
 Modern Tehran
 Milad Tower
 Galleries in Tower
Day 9 – Back to Tehran / gallery - intro
Milad Tower
Tehran
Milad Tower (Persian: Borj e Milād), also known as Tehran Tower, is a multi-purpose
Iranian concrete tower built in 2007 in between the Shahrak-e Gharb and Gisha
districts of Tehran. It stands at 435 m (1,427 ft) from base to the tip of the antenna.
The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 m (1,033
ft). Below this is a staircase and elevators to reach the area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milad_Tower
Tehran (Persian: Tehrān) is the capital of Iran and Tehran
Province. With a population of around 8.3 million and surpassing
14 million in the wider metropolitan area, Tehran is Iran's largest
city and urban area, and the largest city in Western Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran
Day 10 – Tehran Today / plan
 Sa’d abad palaces
 Bazaar of Tehran
 Tehran Mountains
Day 10 – Tehran Today / gallery - intro
Sa’d Abad Palaces
The Saadabad Palace is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran in the Shemiran area of Tehran and currently official residence of the President of Iran.
The complex was first inhabited by Qajar monarchs and royal family in the 19th century. After an expansion of the compounds, Reza Shah lived there in the
1920s. And his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi moved there in the 1970s.
http://www.sadmu.com/?Lang=En
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'dabad_Palace
Day 10 – Tehran Today / gallery - intro
Esteghlal Hotel – 5*
The five star Persian Esteghlal International Hotel is located in the down foot of the Alborz mountain range with 90,000 m2 area, having two towers
each with 15 floors, a total of 552 luxurious rooms and suites, not only is the biggest and the most glorious hotel in the capital city, but also from various
aspects is exclusive in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
http://esteghlalhotel.com/