Optimized Persia tour, Iran sightseeing

Optimized Persia Tour Brief Introduction

If you are on a tight schedule for your Persia tour and looking for an optimized Iran cultural tour, which focuses on visiting the must-seen of the historical places in Iran, look no more; this Iran sightseeing tour is for you. This 5-day Persia tour is packed with Iran sightseeing of historical monuments and landmarks in three major cities, part of the ancient Silk road, Tehran, Kashan and Isfahan. This optimized Iran city tour has packed in 5 days for your Persia travel visits of the essentials of historic sights in Tehran (the capital of Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasty) representing Iran recent history as well as Kashan which you can visit historic houses as well as a short desert tour and finally Isfahan the Capital of Safavid with many landmarks representing the pick of culture, art and architecture during the hay days of this ruling dynasty of Iran.

Optimized Persia Tour At a Glance

Day 1: Tehran sightseeing

Day 2: Drive to Kashan, sightseeing

Day 3: Abyaneh Village, drive to Isfahan

Day 4: Isfahan sightseeing

Day 5: Isfahan sightseeing, drive back to Tehran

Optimized Persia Tour Detailed Itinerary

Day 1          Tehran

Welcome to 5 days Iran Cultural Tour, today we go sightseeing to cover the nicest monuments in Tehran city, morning schedule is first to visit Golestan Palace (Qajar’s House), next we head to visit traditional Tehran Bazaar and also have lunch at one of the finest restaurants in Bazaar; in the afternoon we continue Tehran Cultural tour by visiting Tabiat (Nature) Bridge (a modern pedestrian bridge connecting 2 main central parks of Tehran), afterwards we go further to the north of Tehran, we visit Tajrish traditional Bazaar and the holy shrine of Imamzadeh Saleh, next we get a glimpse of Iranian nightlife in Tehran going to Bame Tehran (Tehran roof), having dinner at a cozy restaurant with a nice view of the city, lastly we drive to the hotel and finish Tehran tour.

• Accommodation: Hotel (4-star) in Tehran
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 2          Kashan

Today we continue our Iran cultural tour and our Persia tour by driving to historical city of Kashan, we start driving to Kashan at 7:00, it takes about 3 hours, we have breakfast on the way and at a nice restaurant close to city of Qom, upon arrival we start Kashan tour; Kashan has many traditional houses which demands a visit, we go to visit Abbasi House, and afterwards Tabatabaei House, you can enjoy the great Islamic-Iranian architecture in these houses, we have lunch at a traditional restaurant in one of the historical places in Iran, having some rest, we go to visit Sultan Amir Ahmad traditional bathhouse, in the evening we continue Kashan cultural tour to Fin Garden, a nice garden in the heart of desert which has a great history and a key monument of the Qajar dynasty era, next we visit Sialk ancient hills with a history of 7000 years! having dinner, we end this part of our Iran culture Tour, overnight Kashan at a cozy traditional boutique hotel.

• Accommodation: Boutique hotel (4-star) in Kashan
• Meals included: Breakfast 

Day 3          Abyaneh Village / Isfahan

After having breakfast at the hotel, at 9:00 we start driving to Abyaneh Village, a brilliant cozy and ancient village and one of the key historical places in Iran, which is located in the middle of the desert with the texture of clay houses and narrow alleys. We focus on discovering the culture and traditions in the village, have lunch at a traditional local restaurant, afterwards we will have some rests, we continue our Iran cultural tour driving to Isfahan; we will have a short visit of Matin-Abad Desert on the way to Isfahan to experience a glimps of Iran desert tour. It takes about 3 hours drive to Isfahan, finally will have dinner to close this eventful day of our Iran sightseeing tour, overnight Isfahan at the hotel.

• Accommodation: Hotel (4-star)  in Isfahan
• Meals included: Breakfast 

Day 4          Isfahan

After having breakfast at the hotel, at 9:00 we start Isfahan part of Iran culture tour by visiting Naghsh-e Jahan Square, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites this breathtaking sight includes Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque, Imam (Shah) Mosque, Aliqapu Palace and the cozy bazaar around where you can find the best of Iranian artworks, after spending a good time in the vicinity of this monument we will afterwards have lunch and get some rest, in the afternoon we continue our Isfahan tour to visit Chehel Sotoun (40 pillars), a pavilion in the middle of a park at the far end of a long pool, in the evening we go to visit Si-o-se-Pol Bridge (the bridge of 33 spans), one of the 11 bridges in the city and the longest of them all, which is almost 300 meters long; then we go for dinner and visit Khaju Bridge which is believed by many to be the finest bridge in Isfahan tour, we experience Isfahan nightlife around the bridges, we will then have dinner at a nice restaurant and then after spend Overnight Isfahan at the hotel.

• Accommodation: Hotel (4-star) in Isfahan
• Meals included: Breakfast 

Day 5       Isfahan / Tehran

This is the last day of our Persia tour and an end to our Iran cultural tour; after having breakfast at 9:00 we go to Jolfa neighborhood inhabited by the Armenian Christian minority of Isfahan, we first visit the Vank Cathedral, next we go to visit  Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, the biggest mosque of Iran which is 700 years old, then we have lunch, after having some rest we walk around Isfahan Grand Bazaar also known as Qeysarieh Bazaar that you can find many handicrafts and art works inside this beautiful and ancient Bazar, by evening we say goodbye to our Isfahan Tour and drive for 5 hours to Tehran and that would be the end of 5-days Iran Cultural tour.

• Accommodation: –
• Meals included: Breakfast 

Optimized Persia Tour Services

• Tehran Tour, Kashan Tour, Abyaneh Tour, Isfahan Tour
• All transfers with a private car/van
• All Accommodations (1 night hotel in Tehran, 1 night hotel in Kashan, 2 nights hotel in Isfahan)
• Breakfast included
• Entrance fees for the mentioned sites in Iran Cultural tour
• An Expert English tour guide

Optimized Persia Tour Trip Map