The journey
Classic Persia
tehran · kashan · isfahan · yazd · shiraz · persepolis
No deposit, no card — you pay when you're in Iran and everything is agreed.
The definitive first journey through Iran — the great cities of the Persian heartland.
Fifteen days along the route Iran is famous for, paced slowly enough to actually enjoy it. Tehran's palaces and museums, the merchant houses and rosewater workshops of Kashan, Isfahan's great square and its bridges, the windcatchers and mud-brick lanes of Yazd, then Shiraz for the poets' gardens — ending at Persepolis, where the Achaemenid kings once received the world. If you are coming to Iran once, this is the trip.
Highlights
- Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan
- Persepolis & Pasargadae
- Yazd old town & Zoroastrian fire temple
- Shiraz gardens, Hafez & bazaars
- Kashan historic houses
Day by day
Days 1-2
Tehran
Golestan Palace, National Museum, Grand Bazaar; orientation.
Day 3
Kashan
Historic merchant houses, Fin Garden, en route south.
Days 4-6
Isfahan
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, the bridges, Armenian Jolfa quarter, handicraft workshops.
Days 7-9
Yazd
Old town, windcatchers, fire temple, towers of silence; desert sunset.
Days 10-13
Shiraz & Persepolis
Persepolis, Pasargadae, Naqsh-e Rostam; Shiraz gardens, Hafez tomb, Pink Mosque, bazaar.
Days 14-15
Return
Fly back via Tehran; departure.
Best season
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
What's included
- private guide
- intercity transfers/flights
- hotels
- visa support
Make this journey yours
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