A traveller's reflection: 2016 Iran Day 08: Isfahan - Kashan

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Monday, 21 March 2016

2016 Iran Day 08: Isfahan - Kashan - Tehran

"Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life and yet, less attached to it..." - Ram Dass

(Kashan historical sites)

Day 08: Monday, 14 Mar 2016
Route: Isfahan – Kashan – Tehran
Distance: 450 km
Hotel: Enghelab Hotel, Tehran

Today we travelled by bus from Isfahan to Tehran stopping at a few tourist attractions along the way.

A poster of the ruler, seen everywhere)

Fin Garden, Kashan

Fin Garden is located in Kashan. It is a historical Persian garden. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajarid chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasereddin Shah in 1852. The Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in Iran.

(The garden is surrounded by high brick wall)

(The garden dated to the early Safavid era)

(The water originates from the Karkas mountains)

(The original design was a bath house)

(Water is from underground aquaduct called ganat)

(Having refreshments at the garden restaurant)

(Qajar house with a huge pool)

(Intricate designs of the dome)

(A large quadrangle of trees and shrubs)

The origins of the garden may be anterior to the Safavid period; some sources indicate that the garden has been relocated from another place, but no clear picture of it has been found.

The garden subsequently suffered from neglect and was damaged several times until, in 1935, it was listed as a national property of Iran. Unesco declared the garden a World Heritage Site in 2012.

(Water channels lined with blue tiles)

(Rows of cyprus and plane trees and other trees as well)

Borujerdi Historical House

The Borujerdi House is a historic house in Kashan. The house was built for the bride of Haji Mehdi Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, for whom Ali Maryam had built the Tabatabaei House some years earlier.

(A historical site in Kashan)

(The house was built in 1857)

(Aqa Bozorg Mosque in the vicinity)

(A poster on the wall)

It consists of a rectangular beautiful courtyard, delightful wall paintings by the royal painter and three 40 meter tall wind towers which help cool the house. It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of traditional Persian residential architecture, such as biruni and daruni. The house took eighteen years to build using 150 craftsmen.