This two-story edifice silently echoes tales of a bygone era, offering an enchanting experience for visitors keen on glimpsing the historical significance of the Silk Road in Kerman. Dating back to ...

East-West trade is booming across the Caucasus and many are hailing it as the latest incarnation of the Silk Road or ... Right in the city center is a 17th-century caravanserai almost as grand ...

Before Azerbaijan was famous for oil, it was a land of silk and spices. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, bordered by the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, it was an important ...

The old caravanserai stands beside a section of the Silk Road as it has done for over a thousand years. On the other side of the road is an equally ancient ...

Golden age for Persian Caravanserai. The Safavid era is considered the golden age of caravanserai construction; Because during this period, maritime and overland trade was very prosperous and Shah ...

5 Deyr-e Gachin caravanserai, located 80 kilometers northeast of Qom, is known as the "Mother of Iranian Caravanserais." It is estimated to be over 800 years old. Built along the ancient Silk Road ...

Some of the most striking sites are massive caravanserai used by Silk Road travelers that date to the 17th century. These mudbrick waystations could house hundreds of people and their livestock ...

We’re in Sheki, a magical little UNESCO World Heritage city tucked up against the thickly wooded foothills of Azerbaijan’s Greater Caucasus Mountains, on a rare tour of the silk factory which ...

We’re in Sheki, a magical little UNESCO World Heritage city tucked up against the thickly wooded foothills of Azerbaijan’s Greater Caucasus Mountains, on a rare tour of the silk factory which ...