Iran · Architecture

10-Hour Kharānaq, Chak Chak and Meybod Tour from Yazd

10 Hours Round trip from Kharānaq Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore the old deserted mud-brick town of Kharānaq with its streets, tunnels, passageways, and shaking minarets
02 Visit Chak Chak, a major pilgrimage point for thousands of Zoroastrians in Yazd province
03 See Meybod's historic Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, a traditional roadside inn near Yazd
04 Climb to Narin Qa'leh for an excellent view over Meybod
05 Discover Meybod's Ab Anbar, Ice Pit, and Pigeon Tower

Visit Kharānaq, Chak Chak, and Meybod on this 10-hour tour from Yazd, exploring remarkable adobe sites that are slowly disintegrating and returning to the earth. Discover the old deserted mud-brick town of Kharānaq, with its streets, tunnels, passageways, shaking minarets, and rooms that reflect its 4000-year-old past. Continue to Chak Chak, an important pilgrimage point for thousands of Zoroastrians. In Meybod, see Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Narin Qa'leh, Ab Anbar, the Ice Pit, and the Pigeon Tower.

Discover the old deserted mud-brick town of Kharānaq, with its streets, tunnels, passageways, shaking minarets, and rooms that reflect its 4000-year-old past.

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At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 10 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Yazd, Meybod

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Kharānaq, Chak Chak, and Meybod Exploration

Head to these attractions with your local guide.

Visit Kharānaq, an old deserted mud-brick town with streets, tunnels, passageways, shaking minarets, and rooms that speak of its 4000-year-old past.
Continue to Chak Chak, a village in Yazd province and a pilgrimage point for thousands of Zoroastrians, where a fire temple is located.
Then head to Meybod, near Yazd, to visit Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, a roadside inn, Narin Qa'leh, a citadel that offers an excellent view of Meybod, Ab Anbar, a roofed underground water cistern, the Ice Pit, an ancient evaporative cooler, and the Pigeon Tower, which houses pigeons.

The route