Iran Experience-Oriented Tours That Take You To the Depth
Iranian people and their diverse ethnicities, customs, beliefs, arts and lifestyles are the real spirit of Iran! And these few-hour Iran Experience-Based Tours are great chances to blend in with people, savour their traditions, explore their culture, dine with them, pick up their culinary secrets, take part in their festivals, try out their handicrafts, listen to their music and stories, and more… In one of Iran’s four main cities (Shiraz, Isfahan, Yazd and Tehran), enrich your trip by diving deeper into Persian culture and getting first-hand experiences of the intangible heritages and how being a Persian feels like!
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Experience-Based Tours By City
Join one of our experience-based tours in one of Iran’s four main cities, meet the locals, get a taste of their lifestyle, deepen your understanding of their culture, take part in their customs, and try your hands at their arts.
Experience-Based Tours With IranOnTour
Genuine Contact With People and Culture
Our Iran experience-based tours take you where regular classic tours of Iran don’t: the heart of different aspects of Persian culture and in real touch with Persian people.
The Variety of Experiences
No matter what your taste and interests, the Iranian experiences we offer are so diverse that you’ll find something among them you’ll like..
Conveniently Fitable to Your Planned Itinerary
These Iran experience-oriented tours are short. And this makes them easily fit in your itinerary.
Contributing to Sustainable Tourism
Joining the locals who show you an aspect of Persian culture is in fact helping out family businesses to grow, female figures to empower themselves, and that aspect of culture to survive through modern changes.
Iran Experience Tour Activities
The Iranian immersion tours we offer are so diverse that among them you can find something that sparks your interest and deepens your trip. From hands-on experiences in Persian arts and handicrafts, to explorations in Persian lifestyle and ethnic diversity, and participations in Persian festivals and traditions.
Iran Experience-Based Tours In Detail
Culinary Experiences
Dig into the delicious layers of Persian culture by exploring Persian cuisine! Pick up the secrets of the Persian kitchen, and enjoy the taste and aroma of unique dishes. Add the company of an Iranian chef or family, and your Persian experience is complete.
Nomadic Experiences
With these Nomad Tours, get away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, and get fascinated by a sweet lifestyle of simplicity and harmony with Mother Nature! Catch one of Iran’s nomadic tribes living under tents, surviving through their herds, sleeping under the stars, and traveling in search of green pastures and gentle weather!
Nomadic Experiences
With these Nomad Tours, get away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, and get fascinated by a sweet lifestyle of simplicity and harmony with Mother Nature! Catch one of Iran’s nomadic tribes living under tents, surviving through their herds, sleeping under the stars, and traveling in search of green pastures and gentle weather!
Discovering Zoroastrianism
This ancient belief, which has influenced cultures beyond Iran’s borders, has its majority of followers in Yazd and its surrounding villages. On these Zoroastrian tours, meet some of the world’s remaining Zoroastrians, discover their culture, and pay visits to their ancient relics!
Wedding Ceremonies
On these special Iran experience tours, discover the various ways different Iranian ethnicities celebrate love and marriage and peek into their unique lifestyle and culture. Or even organize your own traditional wedding ceremony on your honeymoon.
Wedding Ceremonies
Discover the various ways different Iranian ethnicities celebrate love and marriage and peek into their unique lifestyle ad culture. Or even organize your own traditional wedding ceremony on your honeymoon.
Persian Music Tours
These few-hour or multi-day music discoveries bring you in touch with the spirit of Persia. Discover Persian folklore with the music of Iran’s various ethnicities, get lost in the mysterious aura of mystical music of sufis, stop by workshops that give life to Persian instruments, and explore Persian traditional (classical) music.
Night Gatherings with Iranian Families
Being guests to one of the world’s most hospitable nations, enjoying homemade meals cooked with love, and discovering Persian customs in the warmth of an Iranian family is just unforgettable!
Night Gatherings with Iranian Families
Being guests to one of the world’s most hospitable nations, enjoying homemade meals cooked with love, and discovering Persian customs in the warmth of an Iranian family is just unforgettable!
Festival Tours
Whether they have a local or spiritual nature, Persian festivals and ceremonies are unique, enriching, and interesting experiences that take you to the depth of the Iranian culture and its roots.
Zourkhaneh (Ancient Persian Gym) Experience
Before the age of treadmills, loud upbeat music, and modern athletic equipment, ancient Iranians worked out at a gym they called Zourkhaneh! These ancient Iranian athletic clubs and the UNESCO-recognized exercises practiced there are must-sees!
Zourkhaneh (Ancient Persian Gym) Experience
Before the age of treadmills, loud upbeat music, and modern athletic equipment, ancient Iranians worked out at a gym they called Zourkhaneh! These ancient Iranian athletic clubs and the UNESCO-recognized exercises practiced there are must-sees!
Persian Art Tours
With thousands of years of history, Iran enjoys uniqueness, richness and diversity in its art. On these experience-rich tours of Persian art, drop by a handicraft/art workshop, get introduced to one of Persia’s top handicrafts, or even try your hands at making them yourself.
Walking Tours
On these walking tours, discover one of Iran’s top cities like a local, find its secret spots, overlook the cityscape on top of its lookout points, and spice your Iran experience tour up with some less-seen cultural highlight on the way!
Walking Tours
On these walking tours, discover one of Iran’s top cities like a local, find its secret spots, overlook the cityscape on top of its lookout points, and spice your Iran experience tour up with some less-seen cultural highlight on the way!
Tailor-Made Iran Experiences
We have done our best to consider both your various tastes and Iran’s immense potentials to craft the best possible Iran experiential tour packages for you. Yet, if you’d like your Iran experience to be different in any way or in any other corner of Iran, we will be more than happy to help you create it.
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Hey. Can I have night-gathering tours in all the cities in my tour, or there are only specific cities with such experiences included?
Dear Frida. You can experience night-gathering with Iranian families in Shiraz, Isfahan, Tehran, and Yazd. Best regards.
As I see, most of your experience-based tours are short and cheap. Can I consider adding a few of them to my cultural tour package? I hope the package is not fixed.
Dear David, I hope you are doing great. Of course, you can consider experience-based tours in your itinerary. I suggest you share your interests with us, through email, Whatsapp, or by filling out the tailor-made form. We’ll refer to you with the suggested itinerary right after that.
Hi. I’d take a bath-house experience in my Isfahan day tour. How can I book it?
Greetings dear Omar. Your wish is our command. Please take a minute to send us an email about your interests. We’ll arrange the plan the way you enjoy the most.
Hi. Zourkhaneh seems to be so exciting. What’s the main purpose of such sports? Body building, wrestling or …?
Hi dear Leo. Hope you’re fine. Zourkhaneh is famous for his spiritual and at the same time athletic atmosphere. The athletic actions that are performed in a Zourkhaneh, as you mentioned, are designed for body building, fitness and strength increasing. Ancient Iranian heroes (Known as “pahlavan”) were also interested in wrestling (Pouria Vali for example is one of these pahlavans I mentioned).
Hi. Respects. Is there a plan for scientific tours through different universities or other educational centers? I’d like to meet Iranian literature professors and consult with them about one of my scientific projects on Persian literature.
Hi. Regards. Our team will be glad to serve you. Let us know the details through email. We’ll be in touch.
Can we wear like locals in the wedding ceremony? Their clothes are so beautiful.
Yes, you can wear their beautiful clothes.
Hi IranOnTour, can we accompany with nomad people in nomads tours?
Hi from IranOnTour, of course you can accompany them, you can even help them with their daily activities.
I’m going to stay in Shiraz for 3 days. Do I have any chances to visit nomads? I don’t want to stay at night.
Yes, It is doable. please send us an email to let you know about the details.
Tiling is wonderful in Iran, can I have a tour in a workshop to learn a little how they do this great job?
Yes, you can. Please send us an email, we take care about it.
Hello IranOnTour! I’m a blogger and try to experience tough and different things. Staying with nomads is so fascinating to me. And in your site I figured out there are different nomad people in Iran. Do I have this chance to receive your help to craft a tour based on staying with nomads?
Hello from IranOnTour. The pleasure is ours. Actually we have tours based on visiting and staying with nomads. Please send us an email and we will note you about the details.
I’m interested to spend one or two nights besides nomads, is it OK if I stay in my own tent?
Excellent choice, nomads are great. Yes you can have your tent and stay night there.
About zoorkhane tour,are women allowed to enter?
Yes, the women are welcome.