Itinerary
- IRAN
- Orumieh: ++Kara Kelina (Armenian church of St Taddeus, earliest church in the world), +Takht Suleiman (pre-Mongol fort)
- +Tabriz (+Blue Mosque, villages, eg Kandovan)
- +Mauselum in Sultaniyeh (nortwestern Iran)
- Kermanshan: +Tag-e Bostan (4th AD), ++Tablet of Darius and sculpture on Bisotun mountain (5th BC), Anubanini sculptures (2800 BC)
- Ahwaz: +++Chogha Zanbil (Elamite 1250-500 BC), +Susa (3000-320 BC)
- Hamadan
- Caspian Sea
- Moallem Kalayeh: +Alamut/ Assassins' fortress (Caspian Sea, 200 km northwest of Tehran)
- +Mashhad (near border with Turkmenistan): ++Gawhar Shad mosque (1400), Ferdousi tomb, museum Harooneih, Ghazali tombs, shrine of Imam Reza
- Sultaniya: +Mongol mausoleum of Oljeyetu (1317)
- Mashad's Goharshad mosque (1419) (largest mosque in the world)
- Tabriz
- +Darb-i Imam funerary complex (15th c) in Isfahan
- Nayin's Masjid-i-Jami of 10th c (east of Isfahan and north of Yazd)
- Gonbad-e Qabus tower of 1006 (northeast Iran south of Turkmenistan and near Caspian Sea)
- +Mil-i Sharq Radkan/ Radkan's gunbad of 1281 (80 kms north of Mashad
- south of Turkmenistan very near the Caspian Sea) Soltaniyeh/ Sultaniya (near Tabriz)'s +Gunbad-i Uljaytu/ Mausoleum of Khodabandeh (1312)
- Varamin's Masjed-i-Jami (1320
- south of Caspian Sea)
- Takht-I-Sulaiman with temple to Anahita (near Tabriz)
- St Thaddeus Church (Azerbaijan province)
- Elamite ruin of Choga Zanbil, ziggurat of Dur Untash in southern Iran
- IRAQ
- Ctesiphon
- Ur
- Nineveh
- Nimrud
- Babylon
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Notes
Trip difficulty: moderate to strenuous
Length: 15 days
Season: Spring/Fall
Approximate cost: $2,500
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