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Even the mention of the name "Hasan-e-Sabbah" and his devoted followers known as the "Assassins" (or Hashishin) could terrorize the Caliphs in Baghdad and Cairo. His life and teachings carried out in his impenetrable fortresses known as the Castles of Assassins became a legend in Persian history as well as in the West. Hasan's headquarters was "Alamut Castle" but the Assassins had many fearful fortresses furtively built along the Alborz Mountains. We cover 3 castles in this program.
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For more information about Hasan-e-Sabbah and Isma'ilis Sect, you may visit:
http://www.alamut.com/subj/ideologies/alamut/secDoctrines.html
Castles of Assassins
Day 01 Arrive Tehran early in the morning, transfer to 5* hotel, morning at rest, afternoon city tour of Tehran, O/N 5* hotel
Day 02 Drive 125 km westward to the city of Qazvin, continue driving up to Alborz mountains for about 3 hours, we pass some villages and stop at “Gazorkhan” village where a light trekking takes us up to Alamut Castle, visit the castle for one or two hours and walk down to Gazorkhan village, drive to Evan Lake where we camp for the night
Day 03 After breakfast we Drive to “Razmian” village and trekking up to “Lamsar Castle”, visit Lamsar castle for one hour and drive down to Qazvin, city tour of Qazvin, O/N 3* hotel (NB: in order to have a view of Alamut area in Alborz mountains and the whereabouts of the two castles click here for a simple map)
Day 04 Drive 165 km northwest to Rasht and another 52 km westward to the famous “Masuleh Village”, explore Masuleh village and O/N 2* hotel in Masuleh
Day 05 Drive 32 km eastbound to Fooman and then to Roodkhan village, trekking in the mountainous forests for about four hours up to the magnificent “Roodkhan Castle”, O/N camp in the castle
Day 06 Climb down from Roodkhan Castle to Roodkhan village and drive first to Rasht and then along the Caspian costs to Ramsar, O/N 4* hotel
Day 07 Drive down the mountainous Chalus Road to Karaj and then to Tehran (about 260 km) - we might also do a trekking in the forests of Abbas Abad for about six hours and join our coach in Chalus Road - O/N 5* hotel
Day 08 Transfer to airport for flight back home
For more information about Hasan-e-Sabbah and Isma'ilis Sect, you may visit:
http://www.alamut.com/subj/ideologies/alamut/secDoctrines.html
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