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PYRAMID HOUSE OFFICE |
The Persian Dream Tour
12-Day Tour of Iran
ONLY
$5469.00!!
per person
based on double occupancy
| Tour
Highlights: |
 Round trip air
from the U.S. Domestic flights in Iran All transfers and sightseeing operated by
private car and guides (personalized service) Tehran Archaeological Museum Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan Square Aliqapou Palace
Imam Mosque Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Bazaar Dinner at an Iranian home Chehel Sotoon Palace Vank Church Shiraz Persepolis Hafez and Saadi Tombs Eram Garden Vakil Complex Citadel Shiraz Museum Bath and Bazaar Qavam House Mausoleum of Shah-e-Cheragh Sasanian Palace Yazd Towers of
Silence Dolatabad Garden Jomeh Mosque Alexander prison Kerman Jabalieh Dome Bam Mausoleum of
Nematolah
Deluxe and First class hotels All entrance fees,
guidance and taxes. |
| Day |
Itinerary |
| Day 01 |
Depart USA on a scheduled flight to Tehran. All meals and
beverages served on board flight. |
| Day 02 |
Arrive Tehran Mehrabad International Airport where you
will be met by our representative who will assist you with your customs formalities.
Transfer to your hotel, the luxurious Laleh Hotel. Overnight. 
Tehran: The luxurious
Laleh Hotel |
| Day 03 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of Tehran, the capital of
the country for 207 years. Visit the Archeological, Glass, and Carpet museums. You will
view an excellent collection of different objects from the 13th Century BC to the 20th
Century AD as well as the finest Persian carpets. Later transfer to the airport for your
flight to Isfahan. Arrive Isfahan where you will be met and transferred tot he luxurious
Abbasi hotel. Isfahan was the capital of Persia during three different eras. What is
remarkable about the Abbasi hotel is that it was formerly a caravanserai and is about 400
years old. You will experience pure oriental accommodation combined with the luxury of a
deluxe property. Overnight. (B) |
| Day 04 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of Isfahan visiting
Naghsh-e-Jahan Square, Aliqapou Palace (the first Iranian highrise), Imam and Sheikh
Lotfollah Mosque, and the traditional bazaar, where you can bargain for your handicrafts
and carpets. You will also see the historical bridges of Khajou and Sioseh which was
constructed during the Safavid dynasty from the 17th Century AD. Relax in one of the
traditional tea houses and drink Persian tea, or experiment with smoking a Persian
water-pipe while listening to Persian music. Transfer back to your hotel. In the evening,
you will be met and transferred to an Iranian home where you will be hosted for an Iranian
home-cooked dinner and have the chance to get to know an Iranian family and their way of
life, as well as engage in social discussion. Later, transfer back to your hotel for an
overnight. (B,D) 
Isfahan: Naghsh-e-Jahan
Isfahan: Naghsh-e-Jahan
Square |
| Day 05 |
Breakfast, then start your tour by visiting the Chehel
Sotoon, a palace for receiving foreign officials in the 17th Century AD; Hasht Behesht
Haram (belonged to a Safavid king's wifes); and Vank Church, the most beautiful church in
Iran from the 16th Century AD. Then marvel at the 700 year old Shaking Minarets. If you
wish, you can climb one and shake it, and the second one will also shake for no apparent
reason. Later, transfer to Isfahan airport for your flight to Shiraz. Arrive Shiraz where
you will be met and transferred to your hotel, the deluxe Homa Hotel. Overnight. (B) 
Shiraz City: Eram
Garden |
| Day 06 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of Shiraz, which was
formerly the capital of Persia in the 18th Century AD. Visit Persepolis which was the
ceremonial capital of Persia in 500 BC during the reign of the Achaemenian dynasty. See
the Naghsh-e-Rostam. It was the Achaemenian kings' necropolis, cut out of a mountain
called Hossein. Also visit the tombs of Hafez and Saadi, the two great Persian poets. End
the tour of Persepolis by visiting the Eram Garden. Return to the Homa hotel for
overnight. (B) 
Persepolis near Shiraz Fars province |
| Day 07 |
Breakfast, then start your tour by visiting the Vakil
Complex including the Citadel, the museum, the bath and the bazaar of the Zand dynasty
from the 18th Century AD, as well as the Qavam Orangery House, a masterpiece of
architecture from the 19th Century AD. Lunch at a traditional Iranian restaurant. Continue
the tour to visit the Mausoleum of Shah-e-Cheragh, brother of the 8th Shia Imam. Return to
the Homa hotel for overnight. (B,L) |
| Day 08 |
Breakfast, then drive to Yazd via Sarvestan to visit the
Sasanian Palace of the 4th Century AD. Continue your tour to the Towers of Silence, the
3rd Century AD burial place for Zoroastrians where, according to their beliefs, the bodies
of the deceased were exposed to vultures. Overnight in Yazd at the famous Saffaieh Hotel,
known for its beautiful rose gardens. (B) |
| Day 09 |
Breakfast, then tour Yazd. Visit the Zoroastrian
fireplace. Here you will see the sacred fire which has been kept alive for hundreds of
years and is now a Zoroastrian pilgrim center. Visit the Dolatabad Garden of the 16th
Century AD, the Jomeh Mosque of the 13th Century AD, and the Alexander prison of the 3rd
Century AD. Lunch, then drive to Kerman. Overnight at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Kerman.
(B,L) |
| Day 10 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of Kerman visiting the
Vakil complex, the Bazaar, the Mosque and the Jabalieh Dome of the 17th Century AD. Drive
to Bam via Mahan City for lunch at the traditional restaurant Prince Garden, a beautiful
19th Century AD garden. Continue the tour visiting the Mausoleum of Nematolah Vali who was
the founder of a Dervish sect in Iran in the 14th Century AD. Overnight at the Bam Eram
Hotel in Bam. (B) 
Bam City: Bamold
Citadel |
| Day 11 |
Breakfast, then drive to the Old Citadel of Bam to visit
the greatest mud-brick monument in the world, dating to the 3rd Century AD. Drive to
Kerman for your flight to Tehran. Arrive Tehran where you will be met and transferred to
your hotel, the luxurious Homa Hotel for an overnight. (B) |
| Day 12 |
Breakfast, then you will be met by our representative and
transferred to Tehran Mehrabad airport, where you will be assisted with your check-in
formalities for your flight back home. (B) |
Also Included: All transfers
within Iran. Personalized sightseeing as mentioned in itinerary, in a private car, with a
tour guide and a driver including entrance fees to sights mentioned. Included as
well is the service charge imposed by hotels, porterage, meeting and assistance at
airports and hotels.
Not included: Items of a personal
nature such as laundry, alcoholic beverages, telephone calls, visa charge and tips.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: If single
supplement is needed, please add $1275.
If airfare from the U.S.A. is not required,
please deduct $920 from posted rate.
Remarks: You cannot enter Iran if you
have an Israeli stamp on your passport.
If you need a different package, we
will customize it for you.
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almost on your way!
To book your tour and for additional information CALL:
Egypt Tours and
Travel
8117 S. Lemont Rd, Suite #1
Darien, IL 60561
USA
1-(800) 523-4978 | 1-(800)
863-4978
1-(800) 503-4978 | 1-(800) 573-4978
(630) 427-1234 | Fax: (630) 427-1224
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