Day 3-5: Kashan

My travel guide to Kashan has recommendations for accommodation, food and transport.

Kashan Itinerary

Day 3: Your first day in Kashan can be spent visiting the Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse and the three historic houses during the morning. In the afternoon, catch a taxi out the Fin Gardens before heading back to your accommodation for the night.

Day 4: Organise a day trip out to Abyaneh through your accommodation or with a local taxi. You will visit a few other places on the way to Abyaneh and should be back to Kashan in the mid afternoon. When you get back, head to the Kashan Bazaar and find the Caravanserai at its centre.

Day 5: Organise a day trip out to the Maranjab Desert. This trip will take the better part of the day.

Sights to See in Kashan

Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse

This bathhouse has been expertly restored and filled with well-placed artificial lighting providing some really good photo opportunities. It would be lovely to be able to see it in use as a bathhouse, alas it is now merely a museum. After visiting the interior, make sure you head to the roof. From here you will get to see the skylights used to light up the interior and get a fantastic view of Kashan as well as the surrounding mountains.

Historical Houses

There are three famous historical houses in Kashan that can be visited. They are the Borujerdi, Abbasian and Tabatabaei historical houses. Built during the 18th and 19th centuries, these houses possess classic features in traditional Persian residential architecture. Most of the beautiful Persian architecture in Iran exists in the Mosques, but here you get a great opportunity to see it in a residential setting.