Optional

Optional tours include:

• Educational Tour
• Religious Tour
• Shopping Tour

Educational Tour

Iran, from dawn of the history, has been training many famous scholars and scientists in various branch of knowledge e.g. philosophy, medicine, architecture, math, astronomy, etc.

Through the educational tour we can set up a very nice program suitable for the need in exploring Iran as an ancient an contemporary educational center which is also a thoroughly visit to Iranian library and literature is English, Persian and Arabic languages.

Most interesting places to visit are: Tehran, Mashhad, Qum, Shiraz and etc.

 

A Religious Tour of Iran

Tour Code: PGT 199

Day 1: ARRIVAL

Arrival and meet in the airport.
Transfer to hotel. O/N HTL

Day 02: TEHRAN - MASHHAD

A/M Pilgrimage of Imam Zadeh Saleh, son of Imam Musa Kazim (A.S).
P/M Visiting Hazrat-e-Abdolazim, descendent of Imam Hassan (A.S).
Evening flight to Mashhad. O/N HTL

Day 03: MASHHAD

A/M Pilgrimage of Imam Reza (A.S), Holy Shrine and Gowharshad Mosque.
P/M visiting Imam Reza's Koran and Astan-e-Qods museums.
O/N HTL

Day 04: MASHHAD

A/M Visiting Khaje Morad and Khaje Abasalt companions of Imam Reza.
Also visiting Khaje Rabi Imam Ali's regent in Mashhad.
Evening visit to Imam Reza (A.S). Holy Shrine.
O/N HTL

Day 05: MASHHAD

A/M Visiting Ferdowsi Tomb in Tous, en route visiting Harounieh Tomb of Imam Mohammad Ghazali.
P/M Free time for shopping.
O/N HTL

Day 06: MASHHAD - TEHRAN

A/M Visiting Nader shah's Tomb and a farewell visit to Imam Reza's Shire.
Evening flight to Tehran.
O/N HTL

Day 07: TEHRAN - DEPARTURE

Early morning drive to Holy City of Qum. Pilgrimage Fatima Masoumeh (A.S) Holy Shrine, sister of Imam Reza. After lunch, quick visit to Jamkaran Mosque. Immediate drive to Tehran. En route visiting Imam Khomeini's Shrine. Dinner Banquet at a traditional Restaurant.
Transfer to hotel for departure flight. Shopping Tour

 

Shopping Tour

We can organize specific tours with an emphasis on shopping. The most popular areas for shopping are Tehran, Esfahan and Shiraz, with outlying cities such as Kerman, Tabriz, Yazd and Hamadan etc. offering their own local handicrafts. For example, Tabriz specializes in carpets and Hamadan is known for its handmade pottery.

Tehran and Esfahan offer the most diverse range of Iranian artworks and handicrafts. Handmade wool and silk carpets from every region are represented in the main cities. Here you can also find wool rugs and kilims made by the Qashqai and the Baktiari tribes of Iran. Fine woodworks, metal works, miniatures and cloth woven in different places and in different forms can be bought.

Handmade glassworks in a stunning array of color and design can be found in almost any outlet. Combing the soaks can produce many treasures to the discerning shopper, not least antique glass and jewelry.
Iranian carpets are world-famous for their rich symbolism and incredible attention to details. The weaver will generally work from a paper pattern which represents one quarter of the finished carpet. The celebrated velvety appearance is achieved by knotting a piece of wool around two threads of the warp, leaving the tail protruding. One square meter of average quality carpet can contain 100,000-200,000 knots, and a good weaver will average 10,000-14,000 knots per day.