May 7 - 8, 2016 @ Kashan, Iran


Short ride but we still got snack

It is a desert out there

This local drive has good business plan

First time come across fish vendor in Iran

Rose water

Sayyah hotel

Very basic yet $40 a night

Emamkhomeyni Square

Pilgrimage Place with silver doom

Boroujerdi Historical House

Belonging to a trading family who migrated to Kashan

Built over a hundred years ago

completion took 18 years of work by tens of laborers, architects and master painters

Exceptional attention has been paid to all minute architectural details

Dome ceiling

The only house with painting

Very steep basement

Sultan Amir Ahmad Historical Bath

A bit Gaudi style

Pretty turkish bath

Many pretty rooms in the bath

Albert

Wish I can get a massage here now

Abbasian Historical House

Large traditional historical house built during the late 18th century

A beautiful example of Kashani residential architecture

It is said to have been the property of a famous cleric

Water Channels

Windward

It has six courtyards that would fit the needs of different families

Ceiling designed with mirror pieces

Tabatabaie Residence

A large house with several courtyards

Once belonged to a wealthy merchant

Delightful wall paintings

Elegant stained glass windows

Main hall

Mirrors are frequently used in Persian architecture

Abbasi tea house

Happy birthday Albert

Big feast for $20!

Mutton

DIY blending

Kashan

Kashan Railway Station

Fin Garden

Field trip

One of the most beautiful historical gardens of the middle-east and the world

UNESCO World Heritage Site #1372

Completed in 1590, the Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in Iran

Fin Bath where Amir Kabir was murdered

Kushak located in the central part of the garden

The taxi driver insisted we took some apricot

Bazar

Herb

Sayyah hotel

Mini bus to Qom

Is it ever going to leave?

Finally we took the VIP bus


Sultan Amir Ahmad Historical Bath


Abbasian Historical House


Tabatabaie Residence


Boroujerdi Historical House


Sultan Amir Ahmad Historical Bath


Sultan Amir Ahmad Historical Bath