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High Lights of Syria, Lebanon,
Persia
 DAY 1. Damascus
Arrival Damascus, Meet and
assist, Transfer to hotel – O/N
DAY 2. Damascus
Full day sightseeing tour of
Damascus visiting National
museum, the Tekkiye Suleimanie,
The Omayyad Mosque, the Azem
Palace, the Straight Street, the
Window of St. Paul and stroll in
souk Hamidie .O/N
DAY 3. Damascus-Anjar-Baalbeck-Beirut
Departure from Damascus to Anjar:
visit of the archaeological site
– Continuation to Baal beck for
visit of this important site. In
the late afternoon, transfer to
Beirut for dinner and overnight.
 DAY 4. Beirut-Byblos
In the morning, short city tour
of Beirut. Afterwards, departure
to Byblos with on the road,
visit of Nahr El Kelb. In the
afternoon, visit of the
archaeological site of Byblos –
dinner and overnight
DAY 5. Byblos-Tripoli-Hama
Departure to Tripoli for a short
visit of the town. Drive to Crac
Des Chevaliers for a visit of
the castle – transfer to Hama
for dinner and overnight.
DAY 6. Hama-Aleppo
Departure to Aleppo: visit of
the Citadel, the museum and the
Great Mosque. In the afternoon,
excursion to St-Simon – return
to Aleppo for dinner and
overnight
DAY 7. Aleppo-Palmyra
Departure to Palmyra: visit of
the Temple of Bel, the
archaeological site and The
Tombs – dinner and overnight
 DAY 8. Palmyra-Damascus
Departure to Damascus with on
the road, visit of the convent
of Mar Sarkis and the monastery
of Mar Takla in Maaloula –
dinner and overnight
DAY 9. Damascus-Tehran
Flight to Tehran , Arrival
Tehran- transfer to hotel – O/N
DAY10. Tehran
Full day sightseeing tour of
Tehran visit National museum,
Golestan Palace, carpet museum –
O/N
DAY11.Tehran-Shiraz
Early morning transfer to
Airport – fly to Shiraz - visit
Saadi and Hafiz (Famous poems in
13 Century) monument – visit
Karimkhani Citadel – Eram Garden
– vakil complex ( mosque and
Bazaar and Bath ) – O/N
DAY12. Shiraz-Isfahan
Early morning excursion to
Persepolis to visit the glorious
ruins of Achamenians – visit
Naghshe Rostam drive back to
Shiraz fly to Isfahan – O/N
DAY13. Isfahan
After breakfast visit Chehel
Sotun (40 column) palace – visit
Imam Mosque and Sheikh Lotfollah
mosque – Aliqapou palace –
Bazaar – O/N
DAY14.Isfahan
After breakfast visit Vank
church – visit Zoroastrian fire
temple where they pray and meet
One of the Moobeds (the
religious man in Zoroastrians) –
visit Shaking minaret - visit
historical Bridges – O/N
DAY15. Isfahan-Kashan-Tehran
Early morning drive to Tehran
via Kashan visiting Fin Garden ,
Sialk hill ,Broujerdy house ,en
route visit Imam Khomeini shrine
– O/N
DAY16. Tehran
Transfer to international
airport fly back to country.
Great Silk Road Tour Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Iran
 DAY 1. Tashkend
Arrival to Tashkent. Settlement
at the hotel, dinner and
overnight.
DAY 2. Tashkent-Samarkand
Drive to Samarkand (350km – 4
hours). After arrival lunch.
Check in to the hotel. Visit
Ulughbek Observatory, Afrosiyab.
Overnight at the hotel
DAY 3. Samarkand
The trip to the magnificent
monuments of the Medieval
Architecture: The Registan
Square, the Gur-Emir mausoleum,
the Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, the
Bibi Khanum mosque Overnight at
the hotel.
DAY 4. Samarkand -
Shakhrizabs - Bukhara 
Drive Bukhara via Shakhrisabz
(320 km, 4hrs). Tour of
Shakhrisabz: Visit Ak Saray
Palace, Kuk Gumbaz, Gumbazi
Saidon, Khazrati Imam mosque,
Mausoleum of Jakhangir (Temurlan's
son). Lunch. Continue drive to
Bukhara. Check-in to the hotel.
Overnight.
DAY 5. Bukhara
Full day in Bukhara: visit
Kalyan Minaret and Poi Kalyan
Mosque, Miri Arab madrassah,
Toki Zargaron Dome, Ulughbek and
Abdullazizkhan madrassah, Toki
Telpak Furushon Dome, Magoki
Attory mosque, Toki Sarafon
Dome, Lyabi Hauz complex.
Overnight at the hotel.
 DAY 6. Bukhara
Full day in Bukhara: Ark
fortress, Bolo House mosque,
Ismail Samoni Mausoleum, Chashma
Ayub Mausoleum and bazaar.
Overnight.
DAY 7. Bukhara - Mary
(Turkmenistan)
Drive to Farab border. Meeting
at the border «Farap». Border
formalities. Transfer to
Turkmenabat (45 km). Lunch.
Visiting the remains of Amul
city (Medieval city on the Silk
Road). Continue to Mary (260
km). Dinner. Check in the hotel.
O/N
DAY 8. Mary - Merv - Mary
After breakfast the transfer to
Merv (35 km, Ensemble of 5
cities: Erk Kala, Gyaur Kala,
Sultan Kala, Abdullakhan Kala,
Bayram Ali Khan Kala
representing the traces of
Achamenide & Parthian empire,
Presence of Arabic period,
Mausoleums of Seljuks, Desaster
of Mongol conquest, History of
Khorassan). Return in Mary.
Lunch. Visiting the United
Museum of History. Continue to
the Mausoleum of Talkhatan Baba
(XI century, the masterpiece of
Seljuk architecture preserved by
Mongols for its beauty, 40 km
from Mary). Dinner. Transfer to
the hotel. O/N
DAY 9. Mary - Ashgabat
Drive to Ashgabat (350 km,
beginning from Tedzhen city the
national road corresponds partly
to the Silk Road of the past.).
The visits on the route: The
mausoleum of Abu Said (XI-XIV
centuries, extra 90 km), Bastion
of Nadir Shakh (Fortress for
Persian troops with the ice
houses preserved - XVIII
century, extra 40 m). Lunch –
lunch box in Nadir Shakh.
Continue to Ashgabat. Upon
arrival check in the hotel.
Dinner in the city. Discover of
the evening Ashgabat.
DAY 10. Ashgabat
Visiting the national Museum of
History & Ethnography of
Turkmenistan, The Turkmen Carpet
Museum. The Parthian Royal
residence – Old Nisa, III cent.
B.C – III cent. A.D. Sight
seeing tour in Ashgabat with
visiting the Park of
Independence, Monument of
Neutrality, Ertogrul Gazi
mosque.O/N
Day 11. Ashgabat-Mashad
Early morning transfer to Iran
borders with Turkmenistan, drive
to mashad, city tour of Mashad
.O/N
DAY 12. Mashad
Full day city tour of Mashad
visiting holy shrine of Imam
Reza, Reza Museum, bazaar, Nader
tomb.O/N
DAY 13.Mashad-Shiraz
Early morning flight to Shiraz
via Tehran .city tour of Shiraz
visiting Saadi & Hafez tombs,
Karimkhani citadel, Bazaar.O/N
 DAY 14. Shiraz
Early morning excursion to
Persepolis to visit the glorious
ruins of Achamenian palaces
visit Naghshe Rostam back to
Shiraz – O/N
DAY 15. Shiraz -Yazd
Early morning drive to Yazd. City tour of Yazd visiting old
city of Yazd, Amir Chakhmaq
Mosque.O/N
DAY 16. Yazd
F/D sightseeing of Yazd visiting
tower of silence (Zoroastrian
graves), Zoroastrian Fire
Temple, Jameh Mosque, bazaar
.O/N
DAY 17. Yazd-Naein-Isfahan
Early morning drive to Isfahan
via Naien visiting Jameh Mosque
in Naien drive to Isfahan - O/N
 DAY 18. Isfahan
F/D city tour of Isfahan
visiting Naqshe Jahan Square,
Chehel Sotun Palace, Aliqapou
palace, Imam and Sheikh
lotfollah Mosques, bazaar. O/N
DAY 19. Isfahan
H/D city tour of Isfahan
visiting Vank Church, Shaking
Minarets, Zoroastrian Fire
Temple .O/N
DAY 20. Isfahan-Kashan-Tehran
Early morning drive to Tehran
via Kashan visit Fin Garden,
Broujerdi House, drive to
Tehran. O/N
DAY 21. Tehran
Transfer to air port – fly back
to your country
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