Abyanch and Kashan

Abyanch is an adobe city

We left Isfahan in a van with a couple of New Zealanders and another guide to the small village of Abyanch where the  women still wear their traditional dress and colorful white  scarves with flowers on them. We were told not to take pictures of women with their scarfs. Many women believe that it takes away their ‘soul’ when their picture is taken. The village is up in the mountains where there are many types of fruit trees and they sell dried fruit to the tourists. We were told not to buy any because they dry the fruit outdoors and there are many flies. We walked around to some of their beautiful garden plots and orchards. The gardens were small plots with mud walls around them with rickety gates. All the young people have left so only the old still survive here.

A woman of Abyanch

 A woman riding a donkey in 

Abyanch

 

We went on to Kashan and visited 16th century houses that wealthy merchants built in the Qajar era. We also visited the baths of Sasanian times and the Fin complex which has a beautiful garden with flowing water and fountains which comes from the Soleimaneh spring. In Kashan breakfast is hard boiled eggs some dried flat bread and tea.

16th century Palace of a wealthy merchant