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The mixture of city tours, Desert tours with all its magnificent activities like camel riding, safari and walking in sand hills and camping, experiencing the rural life and helping the locals in their daily chores as milking the sheep, trekking in the nature with shepherds are part of this tour. To learn how to make the carpet ties is possible beside the professional carpet makers. Most of the accommodations are ecolodge, the kind of accommodations with local architectural characteristics, friendly with nature and managed by local community so you can enjoy their traditional life and foods.
Duration: 16 days
Itinerary in a glance: Tehran– Kashan– Isfahan– Mesr desert– Yazd-Meymand village- Kerman– Shahdad-Bavanat– Perspolis– Pasargad– Shiraz
| Day | Rout | Overnight | Program |
| Day1 | Tehran | Tehran | After welcomed by the tour guide, you are going to transfer to hotel and check in. visiting :
Golestan Palace(UNESCO Heritage Site) , National Museum, Glass and Ceramic museum, Azadi Tour( the symbol of Tehran) |
| Day 2 | Tehran | Tehran | After breakfast your day tour in Tehran will start and you are visiting:
Carpet museum, Sa`d Abad complex, Tajrish Bazar and Emamzadeh Saleh mausoleum, walking trails of Darband, |
| Day 3 | Tehran-Kashan | Kashan | In the Morning you are going to drive to Kashan and visiting:
Fin Garden (UNESCO Heritage Site) Borujerdi House Bazar Accommodate in an ecolodge with local foods. |
| Day 4 | Kashan- Isfahan | Isfahan | Drive to Isfahan and visiting :
Naghshe Jahan Square (UNESCO Heritage Site) Ali Qapu Palace Abbasi Jame Mosque Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque Chehel Sotoun Palace (UNESCO Heritage Site) Qeisarieh Bazar |
| Day 5 | Isfahan | Isfahan | Visiting:
Vank Cathedral Atigh Jame Mosque(UNESCO Heritage Site) Monar Jonban (Shaking minarets) Bridges ( Si-o-Se-pol, Khajou, Shahrestan) Visiting a Carpet workshop and experience carpet weaving or any other handicraft workshop you like. |
| Day 6 | Isfahan-Naeen_ Mesr Desert | Mesr | Drive to Naeen and after visiting Naeen Jame mosque continue to Mesr desert to accommodate in an ecolodge and experience :
Star observing Atishooni ( dancing around fire ) Camel ridding Walking in the sand hills Safari And having local foods |
| Day 7 | Mesr Desert- Yazd | Yazd | Drive to Yazd after lunch and visiting:
Amir Chakhmaq Complex |
| Day 8 | Yazd | Yazd | Visiting:
Yazd – Jameh Mosque Towers of Silence burial grounds Zoroastrian Fire Temple |
| Day 9 | Yazd- Meymand village | Maymand | Drive to Meymand village and visiting the rocky village of Maymand (UNESCO Heritage Site). The accommodation is also ecolodge |
| Day 10 | Meymand- Kerman | Kerman | Drive to Kerman and visiting:
Ganjali khan Complex: Square, Bathhouse, Bazar, Caravanserai, Mosque and Mint Moshtagh Alishah tomb Jabaliyeh Dome |
| Day 11 | Kerman_Mahan_Shahdad | Shahdad | Drive to Mahan for visiting Shahzadeh Garden (UNESCO Heritage Site) and then going to Shahdad for Camping in Kaluts (desert). |
| Day 12 | Shahdad_ Bavanat | Bavanat | Drive to Bavanat and stay in ecolodge and eat delicious local food. |
| Day 13 | Bavanat | Bavanat | Experience and see the rural life in Iran, visiting the nomads in summer and hiking around the village. |
| Day 14 | Bavanat- Pasargad-Perspolis- Shiraz | Shiraz | visiting Pasargad(UNESCO Heritage Site), Perspolis(UNESCO Heritage Site) and Necropolis(Naghshe Rostam) on the way to Shiraz.
Visiting Tomb of Hafez (Iranian famous poet) and experience the night life in this place in tea houses and reciting Hafez poems. |
| Day 15 | Shiraz | Shiraz | Having a full day tour in Shiraz and visiting:
The Zandiyeh Complex: The citadel, the bathhouse, Mosque and Bazar. Eram Garden (UNESCO Heritage Site) Nasir-ol- Molk Mosque |
| Day 16 | Shiraz | Transfer to Airport |