Full Day Yazd City Sightseeing Tour

See the Pigeon House

Visit the Historical Kharanagh Fortress

Witness the Shah Abbasi Caravanserai

Highlights

Enjoy at Kharanagh Fortress

Explore the traditional culture of Yazd at Kharanagh

Visit Shahabbasi Caravanserai

Discover Narin Fortress, a mud-brick fort in the town of Meybod

Yazd

religious, archaeological, cultural

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

English, Persian

Description

Spend a day exploring the highlights of Yazd, the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. Travel to Kharanagh, a village in Rabatat Rural District of the city, to see the famous Kharanagh Fortress. Continue to Chak Chak, a village in Rabatat Rural District, known for the sacred mountain shrines of Zoroastrianism. Visit the Shahabbasi Caravanserai, Ice House, Narin Fortress and Pigeon House on this day tour.

Itinerary

Yazd City Highlights Tour
- Meet your tour guide at the agreed-upon location to begin with your tour.
- With the tour guide, visit the following places:
  - Kharanagh Fortress, which was constructed 4500 years ago and was used as a shelter for the residents when enemies attacked the village.
  - Chak-Chak Village, which serves as a pilgrimage point for pious Zoroastrians.
  - Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, a Safavid-style Persian inn, composed of the famous four-iwan layout.
  - Icehouse, the most ancient and important monument, made of unbaked brick and mud and was used by people to keep their food fresh.
  - Narin Fortress, a mud-brick fort in the town of Meybod in Yazd that constituted the government stronghold in some of the older towns of central Iran.
  - Pigeon house, built for the purpose of collecting the birds' droppings.
End of the Tour.