INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
considered for possible inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list of Iranian historical caravanserais.Saryazd, Zeineddin, Qaleh
Khargushi, and Kermanshahan are among the selected caravanserais, scattered across the province, each characterizing a distinctive
different generations to the present one
They often had massive portals supported by elevated load-bearing walls
caravanserais were built during the Achaemenid era (550 -330 BC)
country.For many travelers to Iran, staying in or even visiting a centuries-old caravanserai, can be a wide experience; they have an
opportunity to feel the past, a time travel back into a forgotten age.Such roadside inns were once constructed along ancient caravan routes
in the Muslim world to shelter people, their goods, and animals
The former Silk Roads may be the most famous example dotted by caravanserais.Cozy chambers that are meticulously laid out around a vast
courtyard may easily evoke spirits of the past
and bustle of merchants bargaining on prices, recounting their arduous journeys to one another while their camels chewing hay!Passing major
roads in the country, one may see crumbling caravanserais many of which were abandoned for ages
In the Information Age, such guest houses have largely lost their actual usage.However, a couple of years ago, the Iran tourism ministry
introduced a scheme to keep them alive and profitable; tens of caravanserais are ceded to private investors for better maintenance
Now, some are exclusively renovated and repurposed into boutique hotels and tourist lodgings.They often had massive portals supported by
elevated load-bearing walls
