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Old Houses and stepped villages
It was only a three hour trip to Kashan the next day so we were in our room at the Khan- Ehsan Traditional Hotel and having a lovely pot of tea in the courtyard before lunch.
Kashan is famous for its well preserved traditional houses that were built by rich merchants. On the recommendation of the lovely lass at reception we headed to Abbasian House for lunch. Extremely popular with locals, the food was an excellent example of the usual ...
Manouchehri house ( traditional hotel )
Manouchehri House is located in an area called Poshte Emarat near the ancient bazaar of Kashan and between two areas called Sarepole and Saresang. Sarepole is a special area in Kashan and a center of silk weaving. Manouchehri House has two entrances. It is the only house that has its own private cistern in Kashan. While at the verge of destruction, this house was bought in 2007 and registered as a heritage monument in the same year. Rebuilding the house was principally started in the ...
Kashan
... keyhole. Both also look onto an internal courtyard with a small fountain and pool surrounded by pomengranete trees.
Spent the day exploring the bazaar where I saw traditional dyed wool for sale and everything else under the sun. Wandered into a traditional bathhouse which has been restored as a
restaurant. As it was only 10am didn't want food or tea but the owner helpfully gave me a guided tour. The place was a bit surreal with lots of birds in cages, neon ...
A Gorgeous Carpet, Jolfa and Fascinating Abyaneh
... worried about someone buying the carpet before we made it the carpet shop. For me it was now in the "Cannot Live Without" category.
We arrived at Jolfa to find a large, noisy protest about the Turkish Government's refusal to acknowledge the Armenian genocide of 1915 where more than two million people were killed, virtually wiping out the entire Armenian population of Turkey. The museum displayed a graphic and horrific series of photographs ...
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