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Kashan travel guide

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Kashan travel guide

Why go

Kashan is small and walkable, an easy first stop south of Tehran, and its courtyard houses turned guesthouses are among the loveliest places to sleep in Iran.

Top sights

  • Tabatabaei, Borujerdi and Abbasian houses — 19th-century merchant mansions.
  • Fin Garden (UNESCO Persian Garden).
  • Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse and its rooftop.
  • Agha Bozorg Mosque and the covered bazaar with the Timche-ye Amin al-Dowleh dome.

Nearby

Abyaneh, a red mud village in the mountains; the Maranjab desert and salt lake; rosewater distilling in Qamsar in May.

Getting there

3 h by bus or train from Tehran; 2.5 h from Isfahan.

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