One day in Kashan, Iran

A day through Kashan’s best-known sights that lie close together: Jameh Mosque of Kashan, Zayn al-Din Minaret, Agha Bozorg Mosque, Chehel Dokhtaran Mausoleum, Imamzadeh Ahmad and Jalali Castle. 6 stops, about 2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Jameh Mosque of KashanMosque · On the map
  2. Zayn al-Din MinaretTower · 0.7 km on from Jameh Mosque of Kashan · On the map
  3. Agha Bozorg MosqueMosque · 0.2 km on from Zayn al-Din Minaret · On the map
  4. Chehel Dokhtaran MausoleumMonument · 0.7 km on from Agha Bozorg Mosque · On the map
  5. Imamzadeh AhmadTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Chehel Dokhtaran Mausoleum · On the map
  6. Jalali CastleCastle · 0.2 km on from Imamzadeh Ahmad · On the map

6 stops, about 2 km between them in straight lines.

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Photo credits

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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