10 days tour Iran &Turkey (Isfahan, Tehran, Konya and Istanbul)
6 Dec. 2014 |
Arrival Isfahan int. airport |
pick up/transfer by private driver/guide to hotel |
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Isfahan city tour by private driver/guide |
hotel Safavi(top 3 *) |
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7Dec.2014 |
Isfahan |
breakfast |
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Isfahan city tour by private driver/guide |
hotel Safavi(top 3 *) |
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8 Dec. 2014 |
Isfahan-Kashan-Tehran |
breakfast |
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transfer to Tehran by private driver/guide |
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visit Kashan & Abyaneh on the way |
hotel Amir (4*) |
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9Dec.2014 |
Tehran |
breakfast |
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Tehran city tour by private driver/guide |
hotel Amir (4*) |
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10Dec.2014 |
Tehran-Konya |
breakfast |
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pick up/transfer by private driver/guide to IKA airport |
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flight to Konya in Turkey |
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pick up/transfer by private driver/guide to hotel |
Safir hotel (3*) |
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11Dec.2014 |
Konya |
breakfast |
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free at their own |
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Safir hotel (3*) |
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12Dec.2014 |
Konya |
breakfast |
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Cappadocia city excursion |
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Safir hotel (3*) |
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13 Dec. 2014 |
Konya |
breakfast |
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free at their own |
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Safir hotel (3*) |
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14 Dec. 2014 |
Konya-Istanbul |
breakfast |
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flight to Istanbul |
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pick up/transfer by private driver/guide to hotel |
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Istanbul city tour by private driver/guide |
hotel |
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crystal or kervanseray(4* hotel) |
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15Dec.2014 |
Istanbul |
breakfast |
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free at their own |
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pick up/transfer by private driver/guide to airport |
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fly back |
Price per person in a double or twin room 2850 $
Price per person in a single room 3368 $
Tour include following specific services:
- 9 night’s hotel accommodation at the hotels.
- All transfers, airport transfers, city tour, sightseeing, excursions & drives using an Air-conditioned transport with interstate toll tax, driver's allowance
-Fuel charges, parking fee etc.
- 4 DAYS konya tour is HB and the rest of the tour is BB.
- Accommodations are in 3&4 star hotels.
- Tehran-Konya & Konya-Istanbul flight is included.
- All city tours are held by an English speaking guide.
- All private airport transfers are included.
SUGGESTED FLIGHT FOR THIS ROUTR IS WITH TURKISH AIRLINE.
Konya, was known in classical antiquity and during the medieval period as Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion) in Greek (with regular Medieval Greek apheresis Kónio(n)) and as Iconium in Latin. This name is commonly explained as a derivation from (icon), as an ancient Greek legend ascribed its name to the "eikon" (image), or the "gorgon's (Medusa's) head", with which Perseus vanquished the native population before founding the city.[6] In some historic English texts, the city's name appears as Konia or Koniah.
KONYA WAS THE PLACE WHERE MEVLANA (RUMI) THE GREAT POETE WAS PAST AWAY.
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī , Mawlānā or Molānā , and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. Iranians, Turks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries.]His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. He has been described as the "most popular poet in America" and the "best selling poet in the US".
Rumi's works are written in Persian and his Mathnawi remains one of the purest literary glories of Persia, and one of the crowning glories of the Persian language. His original works are widely read today in their original language across the Persian-speaking world (Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and parts of Persian speaking Central Asia and the Caucasus) Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States and South Asia.[ His poetry has influenced Persian literature as well as Turkish, Punjabi, Urdu and some other Iranian, Turkic and Indic languages written in Perso-Arabic script e.g. Pashto, Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai and Sindhi.
Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of Sama or physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kemal. This is sought through abandoning one's nafs, egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun.
In the symbolism of the Sema ritual, the semazen's camel's hair hat (sikke) represents the tombstone of the ego; his wide, white skirt (tennure) represents the ego's shroud. By removing his black cloak (hırka), he is spiritually reborn to the truth. At the beginning of the Sema, by holding his arms crosswise, the semazen appears to represent the number one, thus testifying to God's unity. While whirling, his arms are open: his right arm is directed to the sky, ready to receive God's beneficence; his left hand, upon which his eyes are fastened, is turned toward the earth. The semazen conveys God's spiritual gift to those who are witnessing the Sema. Revolving from right to left around the heart, the semazen embraces all humanity with love. The human being has been created with love in order to love. Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi says, "All loves are a bridge to Divine love.