Kashan is at the top of my list of places to see in Iran.. The Iranian friend who hosted us has a great share in this.. When we got off the bus in Kashan, he took us with his car and showed us every inch of the place, cooked us Iranian dishes, managed to take us to the desert, and took us to the village of Abbayaneh, which is miles away.. As you will see when you look at the programs of the tours to Iran, Kashan is either absent or leaves for a few hours.. Seen as a pass-through place. Two days weren’t enough for us.. You can spend the time you steal from Tehran and its traffic in Kashan.. You will thank me for this. Let’s get started, what did I expect? What did I find?

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In this article Information about Kashan you will read and what are the places to see in Kashan you will see. For those who want to read briefly, our list is as follows;

• Tabatabaei House
• Burujerdi House
• Sultan Amir Ahmad Bath
• Bozorg Agha Mosque and Madrasa
• Maranjab Desert and a must-have sunrise
• Abbayaneh Village
• Historic Kashan Bazaar
• Kashan City view

How to get to Kashan?

Tehran-Kashan buses depart from Tehran’s Junup bus station. Easier and more organized than Junup Amsterdam. Maybe it’s because it’s small. Looks like our bus stations. We pay 21 Tumens per person for the Kashan ticket (2018). The bus we took from Tehran takes us to Kashan in 2.5 hours.. I had the bus driver talk to Abu Fazl, whose house we will be staying at.. They negotiate between them and drop us off somewhere by the roadside. We’re getting off, but it’s not easy for us to meet. Abu Fazl cannot speak any language other than Persian. It’s hard to negotiate on the phone. When we finally managed to meet, I can’t tell you how happy we are that he came with his car.

While you are traveling from one place to another in Iran, print the Persian language on a piece of paper and show it so that you can buy a ticket to your destination.. Otherwise, they may issue the wrong ticket and send you to other places than where you need to be.. It happened to my friends but I know from there. You can also come to Kashan by train from Yazd and Esfehan. Whatever you do, I say make time for Kaşan.

1. Finnish Gardens

We tell Abu Fazl that we want to visit directly. It takes us directly to the Finnish Gardens. Very close to Kashan. Normally, we should have given 20 divisions (2018) per person, but here we go in like an Iranian.. Abu Fazl takes care of everything. It’s like an oasis in the desert. I immediately dived into the waters. My biggest wish is to get out of Iran before anything happens to me.. I’m not a very good girl. The Finnish Gardens are under the protection of Unesco World Heritage. In the Finnish Garden, the buildings from the Safavid Empire period offer a magnificent visuality with marble floors and landscape architecture.. Leave your magnet buying job to the market. While a magnet is 30 Tumens here, 10 thousand Tumens in the bazaar.

These garden designs, also known as Iranian Gardens or Persian Gardens, set an example for other places in the world.. Even the gardens in Andalusia and India were influenced by these garden designs.. Humayun’s Tomb and Taj Mahal housed the largest Persian Gardens from the Mughal Empire to the present.. So what I’m going to say is, make sure you make time.. You can walk around in half an hour.. Be sure to pay attention to the check-in and check-out times. During the daytime the gardens are very crowded.. Keep in mind.

Finnish gardens also have a pool with a hole like a well in the middle.. You try to put a coin in it and make a wish. The wish of the one who can put it in the hole comes true.. I have tried. I failed. Write in the comments that can. I don’t think anyone can. Water is deceiving.

2. Tabatabaei House

Towards Tabatabaei House. Since most of Iran is made up of barren lands, they have always created an oasis in their homes and gardens.. There are two such big houses in the center of Kashan. The other is Burucerdi House. They were wealthy families of their time.. I don’t know how many people lived in this house. I think the army will live. There was nothing better than meeting my readers in their garden, who traveled to Iran on a tour from Turkey.. I did not expect to be recognized there. Anyway, that’s not our topic.

House of Tabatabaei always makes me call it subject to Tele when I can’t remember its name. House of Tabatabaei is a house that is visited as a museum today. It was built for the Tabatabaei family in 1880 during the Qatari dynasty.. This is one of Iran’s leading historical houses, perhaps the first.. While wandering in it, one teleports to other eras.. There is a pool in the center of the house.. The stone carvings, stained-glass rooms, and the light that those stained-glasses shine on the room you see while walking around the house must be seen.. Tabatabaei house entrance fee is 20 thousand Tumans (2018 and this fee for an Iranian). Tourist price is different)

3. Boroujerdi House

Let’s start with the name of the house first. In different sources, we see names such as Boroujerdi, Borujerdi, Burucerdi, the spelling of the name of the house.. The poster I have is in Persian and I don’t understand what it says.. If there are people who know the truth, they can write in the comments, I will add the correct one to the article.. Now let’s come to our second flamboyant house in Kashan. This house was built by the man Boroujerdi, who fell in love with the daughter of the Tabatabaei House.. Do you see love? Completed in 18 years. Crazy questions come to my mind. For example, did they wait to get married until the house was finished? I hope they didn’t wait. Almost a lifetime.

Boroujerdi house is located in the center of Kashan. We toured this place in a bit of twilight. It’s a little dark in the photos because of that.. It was closed when we got to the door.. Abu Fazl convinced the guard at the door and we were able to see inside. And without paying. That’s the beauty of traveling with an Iranian. Normally Boroujerdi House entrance fee is 20 thousand Tyumen. Of course for an Iranian. You round this up to at least 100k Divisions.

4. Maranjab Desert

I guess we are out in nature for the first time since we came to Iran. I’m more of a naturalist than a city traveler, you know.. On the first day we came to Kashan, we went to the desert, but we could not enter.. A barricade was erected in the desert road and the guards did not let us in.. Abu Fazl says “Sheikh ruined everything”. Abu Fazl said “the desert is closed” but we insisted. “Don’t worry, I’ll take you,” he says finally.. As we learned later, they do not enter the desert without a guide.. The cost of entering the Maranjab Desert is 150,000 Tumens. Everything starts from 150 Tumens for tourists.. I think the price of traveler and tourist should be separate.

We get up at four in the morning and hit the roads of the Maranjab Desert. Our goal is sunrise in the desert. I don’t know where we dived from in the desert. Travelers like me usually enter the desert illegally.. I just learned that. I found out much later that we were smuggled in.. I said that Abu Fazl does not know any language other than Persian and we have difficulties in getting along.. I don’t always learn from this later. I don’t know how we would have found those roads without Abu Fazl.

This desert was the main reason I came to Kashan. The desert was dangerous. It was only a matter of time before I got lost without a guide in the desert.. We went in the evening the day before. They must not have put it in because it gets dark and we get lost.. When Abu Fazl gets out of the car, he takes things like pocketknife and lamp with him.. At daybreak, we knew from the footprints on the sand why he said the desert was dangerous.. We saw a lot of things, from snake prints to paw prints.. So don’t dive in your head. There was someone who lived here with us.

We leave the car downstairs and climb the dunes.. I can see the city lights in the distance. Our goal was sunrise in the desert. I’m really having the best times since I came. I’m rolling in the sand. We take a thousand square photos. In the frosty morning, far from the city, somewhere in the world, on a sand dune in a desert, I watch the snow turn red. How to describe such an ethereal moment. One of my fondest memories is this sunrise in the Maranjab Desert…

When we got home, my eyebrows, eyes and even my eyelashes were covered in sand.. Once again, I respect Abu Fazl, who let us into the house in that state.. Although he did not neglect to shout “Hammam, hamamm”. Chased us right to the shower. I still laugh when I think of it.

5. Abbayaneh Village

I didn’t know about Abyaneh Village when I set out. While leaving Tehran, we heard about Şeyda, whom I saw in my Instagram DM messages, and immediately added it to the list.. Well, it turns out she’s been following me for years.. Şeyda works at Tehran Turkish Consulate. Been our guardian angel throughout our entire journey. we felt very safe. I would like to express my endless thanks once again while the opportunity has come.

Abyaneh Village is 20 km away from Kashan. We just went and went for the gas money.. Because we insist. Otherwise, Abu Fazl resisted too much.. You can go to and from Kashan by taxi.. Be sure to bargain. Don’t pay more than $20. In fact, if you want to continue from Abyaneh Village to Isfahan, you can finish the job for 40 dollars.. Abyaneh Village is 170 km away from Isfahan. We have many places to visit in Kashan.. On the way, our ticket-selling brothers are waiting again.. Normally they don’t charge Iranians but this time Abu Fazl couldn’t feed us Iranians. It wasn’t expensive anyway.. He had no money. Abyaneh Village entrance fee is 10,000 Tumens. They issue you a ticket with a map of the village printed on glossy paper.

An Iran on the UNESCO World Heritage List This is the village. 2500 years according to some, 1500 years according to others. Only 300 people live in the village and they are mostly elderly.. Women’s headscarves are flowered and their clothes are colorful. it always meant spring. The village at an altitude of 2200 meters is always cool, always spring. Those living in the village of Abyaneh still continue their traditional life.. It was one of the most unique villages in the world with its clothes, language and architecture.. A language similar to Old Pehlevice is still spoken in the village.. In addition, this language is the closest living language to the Avestan language.. It is a very different region of Iran with its red houses and unique dresses.. It was nice to walk around the streets a little bit, dress like them, try to talk, be there a little bit.

Only in Iran, show the price of something when negotiating.. They can ask for different money later.. I personally lived. We rented clothes so we could dress like Abyaneh women. We agreed on 10 thousand divisions. We dressed, took pictures. While paying the money, the woman asked for more money for the dress I wore.. Write it down on a piece of paper. No phone. What you wrote should not be deleted.

The path always goes out of planned routes. Requires being flexible. Kashan, where everyone passes by and stops by, continues to surprise us and Kashan turns into an eastern fairy tale.

6. Sultan Amir Ahmad Bath

Kaşan photo of Sultan Amir Ahmad Bath, the architectural marvel that you will see on the magnets and promotions. The hamam, which we could chase in the evening, was magnificent and it turned out better than I expected.. The domes were also beautiful.. Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, a 5000-year-old Iranian bath. The roof of the bath is as famous as its interior.. The domes of the bath, the wind towers behind it and the streets of Kashan are worth seeing.

As it was evening time, our photos were not very beautiful, but what our eyes saw was beautiful.. What shall we do? Everything is not perfect all the time. The hamam is 500 meters from Borujerdi house and is located in the center of Kashan. There is a fee to enter, but I don’t know how much we paid.. Because Abu Fazl didn’t make him pay. With the combined ticket, you can visit Sultan Amir Bath, Abbasi House and Tabatabaei House to 450 Tyumen (2018). This is the tourist price of course.

7. Bozorg Ağa Mosque and Madrasa

Bozorg Ağa Mosque was built in the 19th century. Bozorg means great, magnificent, great in Persian.. After all, when you look at the mosque, the words that go through your mind, “oh big, magnificent, wonderful” will be poured out.. They foresaw this centuries ago and named the mosque that way.. Bozorg Ağa Mosque is waiting for your visit every day of the week, except for the Nevruz period, between 8:00 and 20:00 from morning to evening.

8. Historical Kashan Bazaar, Kashan Bazaar

Is it sad that we haven’t seen the main sights, even though we have been there for shopping many times? you don’t miss. We must have gotten tired of visiting the Grand Bazaar in Tanran and Tabriz, or we must have been unaware of how different and beautiful it is, we skipped this place.. Although Kaşan is around Kaşan Çarşı almost everywhere we visit in the center, we also. Things like this happen sometimes. Let this be an evil eye bead for Kashan, who entered the route when there was no plan.. The bazaar, built in the 19th century, was one of the best bazaars in Iran.. ok ok i’m not crying. Historical Kashan Bazaar is open to visitors from Saturday to Thursday between 9:00-12:00 and 16:30-20:00.

9. Kashan City View

Abu Fazl takes us to a place that overlooks Kashan on our last night. I don’t know where this is, but the whole city is under our feet.. Somewhere in Iran, in the middle of the night, we listen to Hayko Cepkin and dance. My only wish is to be able to return from this country without being arrested.. Very amen (He was able to return)

Where is Kashan?

Iran is 2.5 hours away from Tehran. It may be closer to Tehran, but Kashan is a small place connected to Isfahan.. The distance between Kashan and Isfahan Shahristan is 210 km.

How Many Days to Visit Kashan?

The tours that stop by finish Kashan in a few hours! We thought of staying only one night, but nowhere in Iran is one day enough and we stay the second day, but still something is missing.. If you say that the places we visited are enough, two days and two nights will be enough.. Although on the last day, I cried from exhaustion in the evening.. That’s a separate issue.

Where to Stay in Kashan?

They converted old stone houses into hotels in Kashan. You can stay here. Just ask Google. Travelers like me will prefer to stay in the house of local people.. Couchsurfing is banned in Iran but everyone is using it. If I stayed at the hotel, I wouldn’t have such legendary stories. Let everyone stay where they are happy.

What to Eat in Kashan?

What is eaten in Kashan is what is eaten in Iran.. Pots of Pilov and kebab on the side. We had the opportunity to try a very different flavor here, thanks to our host.. Abu Fazl cooked us Tila Pila from the Caspian Sea. Next to it, of course, a huge pot of fried rice. That rice has a name but I forgot it now. We made a salad, but he didn’t eat the salad, we made the rice.. Was this what they call a culture clash? Sorry I didn’t take a photo

Google Translate’s test with Persian

Something but Persian How to understand with a non-speaking Iranian? We first tried speaking and explaining the languages ​​we know.. of course it didn’t. Then we tried to shout as a Turk. Of course, he still did not understand because the child was not deaf.. Then we tried the push-to-talk application of the Google Translate application.. It worked on simple things but got us in embarrassing situations for conversation. we died laughing. Abu Fazl blushed to the back of his ears. Finally, we found the solution in the most beautiful language, the universal language.. sure body language. When we got really stuck, we got help from friends who speak Turkish-Persian over the phone.

But this boy, who hosted us wonderfully, helped us write a wonderful oriental tale.. We stayed two nights as a result of their insistence in Kashan, which we came for one day.. Made us meals. Iran spreads the beds. I woke up one morning and saw him lying on the floor next to his bed in his room.. Iranians don’t like to sleep in bed very much.. “Well boy. If you had given us the bed, we said to ourselves.. At one point, my comrade, Selda, was sweeping Abu Fazl’s house.. Of course we owe it after all that sand. Abu Fazl showed us that it is possible to make friendships and travel without knowing the language.. There is a child.

Finally, let me end my article with the admiration and longing of our Kashan landlord, Ebu Fazl, to the north, that is, to Şomala.. “The children of the north are happy. This place is religious but I am still joyful” Made in Google Translate. I hope I translated it correctly.

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