The full-day trip to Bishapur is easiest with a driver-guide, but public transport is viable if you make a very early start.

Take a bus or savari to Kazerun from the Amir Kabir terminal in Shiraz and then walk or hitch a lift to Bishapour.

From Shiraz, keep an eye out en route for the arch Karim Khan Bridge, a Zand-era bridge about 40km west of Shiraz.