- Tehran (2 Nights)
- Qazvin (1 Night)
- Zanjan (1 Night)
- Tabriz (2 Nights)
- Kandovan (1 Night)
- Takab (1 Night)
- Sanandaj (1 Night)
- Kermanshah (2 Nights)
- Hamadan (1 Night)
Notice; For flights arriving early morning hotel must be booked from previous night.
Arrival mid-night to Imam Khomeini Int. Airport. Greeting at the airport by your guide and transfer to Hotel. Check in and rest.
City tour in Tehran. Visiting Golestan palace (registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2013) include Wind Catcher Edifice, Mirror Hall.
Short walk around the Great Bazaar of Tehran.
Visiting the National Jewels Museum ( The museum of National Jewels is one of the biggest jewels collections of the world.)
Driving to Qazvin to visit the Valley of Assassins and the Alamut Castle. (It’s about 4 to 5 hours driving from Tehran to Alamut Castle, the road to Alamut passes through the Alborz mountains and the whole road has a fantastic scenery)
It is 160 km from Tehran to Qazvin (about 2 Hours)
It is 66 km from Qazvin to Alamut Castle but the road is very mountainous and it is about 2 to 3 hours driving from Qazvin to Alamut Castle.
Driving to Zanjan, En route Visiting the Soltaniye Dome (registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2005) built in the 14th century as the Mausoleum of Oljayto, the Mongol king, also known as Sultan Muhammad Khodabandeh.
The Soltaniye Dome with 25m in diameter and 48m high is the world’s tallest brick dome. Constructed from 1302 to 1312 AD, has the oldest double-shell dome in Iran.
Soltaniye was built by Ilkhanid Mongols as their capital from 1302. Unfortunately less than a century later the city was destroyed by Tamerlane but fortunately the world’s tallest brick dome that was built as the mausoleum of the Mongol king, Sultan Oljeito survived from the destructions.
Driving to Tabriz.
Tabriz is Iran’s 5th largest city and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province .It is one of the most important historical and industrial cities of Iran. It is the largest Turkish speaking city of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former capitals, and residence of the crown prince under the Qajar dynasty. City tour in Tabriz, visiting beautiful Qajar era Elgoli park and mansion.
City tour in Tabriz, Visiting Azerbaijan Museum and the Blue Mosque built in the 15th century, walking in the longest roofed bazaar of the world (registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2010).
Driving to Kandovan. Visiting an interesting rocky village and experiencing living in caves.
Kandowan Rocky Hotel is in fact one of the wonders of Iran. The rooms are carved into the rocks and there you will not only feel “prehistoric” but also you will remember something of the Stone Age!
Driving from Kandovan to Takab
It is 298 km from Tabriz to Takab (about 4 hours driving)
It is 43 km from Takab to Takhte Soleyman (about 45 minutes)
Visiting Takhte Soleyman (Means “The Throne of Solomon”) registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2003 and Solomon’s Prison.
The amazing vast volcanic site of Takhte Soleyman, includes an always flowing volcanic lake and the remains of a Zoroastrian fire temple and sanctuary built during the late Sassanid period (the 6th and the 7th century AD) and partially rebuilt during the Mongol Ilkhanids period (the 13th century AD)
Driving to Sanandaj. Visiting Sanandaj Bazaar
If you want to see the Iranian Kurds’ culture and life, Kurdistan province is a good example of it and Sanandaj is the capital of it. There are about 6 million Kurds leaving in Iran and Kurdistan province has a lot to offer about the Kurds culture and history.
Driving to Kermanshah.
Visiting Taghe Bostan bas reliefs.
Taghe Bostan (means the Arch of Bostan) is an arched cliff inscribed with neatly carved Sassanian kings’ bas-reliefs and a 19th century Qajari bas-relief showing a complete ceremony of hunting in 1822. The coronation of Khosrow II (590-628 AD) and his figure carved on the horse in full armor, king Shapur II (ruled 309-379 AD) and Shapur III(ruled 383-388AD) standing in front of each other with their swords and king Ardashir II(ruled 379-383AD) trampling on the defeated Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate, are the Sassanian bas reliefs in Taghe Bostan.
Driving to Hamadan, en route visiting Anahita Temple in Kangavar, and visiting Bisotun Inscription (registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2006).
Bisotun cuneiform inscription is the first and the largest and historically the most informative and important inscription of the ancient world in Iran, in which Darius the great(ruled 522-486BC) explains all the details of the events after Cyrus and his son, Cambyses , and how he became the King of Persia.
Anahita Temple is a vast area of abandoned stones mostly from the Parthian period (247BC-224AD) that still can prove you its magnificent of its heydays. From Hamadan to Kermanshah it is about 200km and Anahita Temple is located between Hamadan and Kermanshah. More attractions in Bisotun area are the statue of the Greek mythical Hercules, Bisotun Lake and a Safavid Caravanserai.
It is 190 km from Kermanshah to Hamadan (about 2/5 hours driving)
City tour in Hamadan, visiting Ecbatana (Hegmatane) Hill and the Jews mysterious pilgrimage site, the Mausoleum of Esther and Mordekhay.
Visiting the Treasure Valley and Ganjnameh Inscription. Ganjnameh literally means “The Treasure Scroll (or book)” is in fact the ancient cuneiform inscriptions of the Persian Kings, Darius (ruled 522-486 BC) and Xerxes (ruled 486-466 BC).
Transfer to Airport for flying back home.