On the first part of Persepolis tour, you discovered the history of Persian empire and how the city was built. We also took a look at delegations bearing gifts while taking steps to the grand palace for new year ceremony. On this second part , tour will continue through the palace and you will see and learn more about Persepolis. On this part, the residential part of the city will be covered. You will learn more about the end of the story: how the Persian empire was ended and why Persepolis got evacuated.

Persepolis and Necropolis

Amazing, what a fascinating place, great guide

Very friendly and knowledgeable guide, really felt as though we were walking around with her.   

Fascinating and knowledgeable tour, really excellent, thank you,

Thank you for the wonderful tour. You are so knowledgeable, and you share the information in a very friendly way. I like your historic openness :) Please have some more tours, I will be happy to travel with you more :)

Fascinating to see the handiwork of carvings and Persepolis

Excellent - very knowledgeable guide - well explained tour - loved seeing the close-ups of stone carvings and hearing about the social history about the workers and soldiers.  

Farzaneh has an unique way of really making you see past the ruins to what the site originally looked like. Excellent, excellent tour.

Wonderful tour guide, giving detailed and clear explanations. We learnt a lot about the history of the area from her. Will look out for her other tours. 

Farzaneh is a terrific tour guide with so much expertise. She handles questions from the visitors with such speed and agility, I don't know how she does it. She is an example of Iranian hospitality at its most exceptional.

Absolutely brilliant place and excellent guide. Very,very good 

I have been on quite a few tours - this was my favourite so far. Fascinating, very informative. Farzaneh is a fantastic guide. I can't wait to take another tour with her (which I will be doing in an hour!) Thank you so much, Farzaneh!

Informative without being boring.  She made the history alive by her story telling style. well done farzaneh

Fascinating tour with an excellent guide!

That was so interesting Farzaneh, thank you.
Can't wait for part 3!

I've done more than one tour with Farzaneh.  She's very thorough, knowledgeable and interesting.  She takes you up close to to whatever she is showing you.  Great tour.

I have now done 3 tours with Farzaneh, and I highly recommend them, she is so informative, and really knows her stuff. Farzaneh is extremely thoughtful, always looking for the best place for us to take postcards. I have told all my friends to take her tours, and I am looking forward to Shiraz on Saturday.

Farzaneh is very informative, very clear, and answers all questions that come in.
Most gracious. Highly recommend her tours!

Part 2 of the 3 part tour, everything shown up close and in so much detail with brilliant explanations too. Thank you.

Visually a stunning tour of Persepolis and Farzaneh was so knowledgeable and engaging. She took her time to let us see the amazing stone artworks to appreciate their beauty and craftsmanship. I learned so much about Persian history and will definitely book another tour. Thank you


Very interesting,  detailed and well researched tour

Farzaneh has a wonderful way of engaging you in the stories she tells. An excellent and knowledgable guide taking time to explain in great detail the images we are witnessing. Close up postcard details were as if we were there with her.

Another fantastic tour, Farzaneh. Loved every second and i learnt so much. 

This is the 2nd. time I have watched Part 2 of the Persopolis as I found it so interesting the 1st. around! Farzaneh is a brilliant and very knowledgeable guide whose tours are always fascinating.

Wonderful location and Farzaneh is a very knowledgeable, friendly guide. Recommended, thank you!


a very lively and well-informed tour of Persepolis, thank you Farzaneh

Brilliant again. Such clear and interesting explanations.  Very well-balanced tour and a wonderful site.

so knowledgeable and proud of the skills of her ancestors.  she pointed out details i never would have noticed on my own.  very thrilled i could visit these places, i've been interested in them for years.

Farzaneh really brought this fascinating site to life. How amazing to be able to spend the morning at Persepolis with such a knowledgeable guide! 

Wonderful tour guide! Highly recommend Farzaneh

Excellent continuation of the tour we had this morning. Very good guide and wonderful archeological site. Thank you.

A very special trip with a wonderful guide. Thank you

An absorbing tour that really brought Persepolis alive.  Farzaneh has made me want to visit Iran even more than I already did.  

An amazing guide, so knowledgeable and a great story teller. Highly recommend!

Certainly knows her history, took load of postcards very enjoyable tour and a lovely lady

Fascinating history presented by an excellent guide. Thank you.

Pity we missed the beginning! We in Teheran for five years under the Shah  until the revolution but never made it to Persepolis  so it was very special to be given a tour of what we missed. It was amazing to feel I was back in Iran again quite nostalgic thank you For the experience and the knowledge it was all really interesting

Farzaneh in Persepolis and Necropolis is definitely a 5-star treat and worthy of repeating many times over. Everything - sites, incredible history, photocard moments, and your expert knowledge made this tour memorable. I was so excited to joining part III. Thank you!

This was a fantastic tour, Farzaneh. We really enjoyed the detailed explanation of the wonderful art of Persepolis. It was endlessly fascintaing. I have already looked at the British Museum to follow up on their Persian exhibits. The lead treasure on the webpage is a gold armlet, just as you described to us, but even more beautiful than I could have imagined. I have also looked at our Open University website to see if they offer any free courses and there is something about Herodotus, covering Persia. I can't wait to do Part 3 of your tours to see the Necropolis.

Thank you, thoroughly enjoyed my first tour.

I enjoyed this tour very much. It was sad to hear in Part II that Alexander the Great burned the site and that majority of museums took so many of the artifacts.  



So many interesting information, thank you!

This is the only way I could see the beautiful works of art.


Farzaneh is an excellent guide, with vast knowledge, and top class presentation, I love her tours.

Excellent well informed guide. Was amazed by the beautiful carvings. It was fantastic to  have the images explained and the historic background related simply and clearly. 
A very enjoyable and enlightening trip.  Recommend highly. It lifted my spirits, 

Very informative, scholarly and interesting.

Farzaneh is very intelligent with an impressive background in archaeology and history. It was so magical to get to join all three tours today exploring Persepolis and Necropolis in Iran. It is just something you cannot describe when you are looking at ancient illustrations that were expertly made centuries before Christ. Just *wow*. Thank you so much, Farzaneh.

One piece of friendly, constructive criticism... I don't really like to give any criticism because I think all guides are going an excellent job and it's such a privilege for me to sit at home in my pyjamas and 'travel'. I also think sometimes, a few travellers can speak quite rudely to guides and can be a bit self entitled. I hope this does not come across like this. But my constructive criticism is that Farzaneh may want to practice more with the camera. It was often jittery, and whilst she did stop occasionally so we could take photos, sometimes the camera moving very fast, side to side, etc. It was a bit better on the second tour out of three, I think because we were only focusing on one thing, whereas we were walking around more in tour #1 and #3. I also appreciate that particularly on the third tour, it was very windy. It would be great if you could maybe angle the camera a little when giving us the chance to snap a pic, such as trying to move so that we don't have lots of construction or people in the way. I totally appreciate some places are busy but when it's a case of if you move the camera slightly to the left/right and then it's a nicer, clearer shot, that would be very appreciated.

I hope to join Farzaneh again very soon. Thank you!

Lovely detailed exploration of the depiction of delegation visits to Persepolis, engraved on a wall. Some of the attention to detail was fascinating and I suspect would be missed by many if we were just walking through on our own. Thank you Farzaneh.

Farzaneh is an accomplished presenter, she has a lovely style of commentary and it was full  of terrific information. Pace of tour was good. Thoroughly enjoyed it an immediately attended her 2 next tours. 

Despite being sent the wrong stream or Farzaneh not opening that right at the start, it turned out to be a fascinating tour of the site. She is very knowledgeable and can pass on her knowledge in a very informative and interesting way, pointing out many facets of the frieze that make it come to life. 

As informative and lovely as Part I, looking forward to Part III

Sorry to say, but I find her virtual trip too slow for me. I wanted more scenery and not just stuck in a spot for a very long time. All the best!

Excellent guide. Really enjoyed visiting an area I have not been to before

Amazing stories shared!  Thank you for explaining all the various people from different lands along the wall.  Please repeat your tours, & later times hopefully as 330am in Midwest of USA😊. Worth setting the alarm clock, however!

Absolutely excellent. Clearly spoken English, lots of information, the best guide ever! Star rating 5+++++++++++

Unfortunately she moved and swung the camera around too quickly.  It was frustrating that most of my photos of the wall are too blurred to use. When I asked her about Hebrews, the sound suddenly cut out.

Extremely informative and very interesting 👏

Part two of Farzaneh`s tour was just as amazing as the first one.  I loved seeing the carvings, so detailed: very modern!  Not flat but rounded arms, legs, . The animals too were so well done!  

Part 2 was just as good as part 1.  Thank you.

Another excellent tour with lots of details

I’m enjoying the tour but having so much trouble with the sound. Farzanehs is a great guide.

This is we needed, a walk amongst the ancient ruins in Iran, a place not many of us have the opportunity to visit. At the time she was talking about this was known as Persia. Farzaneh took great care to ensure that we had photos, and also to explain many of the carvings. Her English was excellent too which made this a very enjoyable tour. Thank you Farzaneh.

Loved the second part of the tour - the details on the wall were amazing! Strongly recommend to book all three parts of the tour ( or at least parts 1 and 2) to get a sense of the place. 

A brilliant tour of an area I know very little about. Clear, detailed information and excellent close up camera work. The detail in the carvings is just mind blowing! Farzaneh knows her stuff and is very engaging with how she shares the information. Like she says, you could spend hours here exploring! Thanks!

Wonderful guide. Love how people share thoughts. You feel like the world is connected. 

Information was great. Camera ability let her down and to be told no when asking politely if she could show us the column beside her when she was wrapping up was abrupt but she does have a lot to get in. Maybe in part II

Incredible area and history,thank you so much for a wonderful tour.

Part 2 was excellent, especially the carvings and the history 
 Of  Alexander's time in Persepolis

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