Persian Rugs are the most beautiful and valuable ones in the world, their designs are unique and distinct. They took the concept of quality to a whole other level. Your trip to Iran would be incomplete without seeing and buying an Iranian carpets. We offer a great package, that not only you visit Iranian carpet centers and buy some but also you enjoy your trip to Iran.
As you travel in search of the perfect Persian rugs and carpets, you could also take in magnificent Persepolis, the monumental capital of Isfahan, beautiful, poetic Shiraz and sun-baked Zoroastrian Yazd.
Tehran ➛ Shiraz ➛ Persepolis ➛ Firuzabad ➛ Kerman ➛ Yazd ➛ Isfahan ➛ Tehran
Depart Heathrow in the afternoon.
Arrive early morning and transfer to hotel. Morning rest. After lunch, visit the Ethnographic Museum and Carpet Museum.
Morning visit to carpet section in Tehran’s main bazaar. Morning flight to Shiraz.
In the afternoon, visit the workshops of nomadic rugs woven by those nomads who have settled in Shiraz, and a visit to the Shiraz carpet bazaar.
Morning visit to wind swept ruins of Persepolis. After lunch at Persepolis, return to Shiraz to visit the carpet weaving, dyeing, washing and repairing workshops.
Drive south to Firuzabad. On the way, visit Qashqaii nomad tents with their carpet weaving & other handicrafts. Onto the Sassanian palace at Firuzabad & other antiquities.
Drive to Kerman via Sarvestan and Sirjan. Visit more nomads on the way, as well as the Sassanian ruins at Sarvestan.
Visit the main centers of the weaving industry in Kerman: Iran Carpet Company, together with workshops for kilims, jajim, suzani, etc. Visit toso the bazaar and Friday Mosque.
Excursion to Mahan and Jupar. In Mahan visit the Shahzadeh Gardens and the Shrine of Nimatullah Vali, as well as small carpet workshops. In and around Jupar visit some of the small village weaving centres.
Drive to Yazd in the morning. After lunch, visit Ziloo, Terineh (brocade) and other weaving centers of Yazd, together with the Friday Mosque.
leave Yazd in the morning for Isfahan. On the way visit the Ziloo Museum and pottery workshops in Maybod, silk carpet weaving workshops in Na’in, and Abba (camel hair) weaving workshops in Muhammadiyah
In the morning, attend some training classes in carpet weaving. In the afternoon, visit the carpet pattern and dyed wool workshops, as well as the carpet bazaar.
Full day sightseeing in Isfahan: Royal Square, Ali Qapu Palace etc.
