Kashan

Double

Two rooms only, in the Bastan lanes off Alavi Street in the old quarter. One is a capsule single, a sleeping berth rather than a room, and it has no private bathroom or toilet; the other is an ordinary double. Priced and built for someone passing through on their own.

Nine rooms in Boostani alley off Molla Habibollah Sharif Street, each with its own bathroom, sleeping one to six. A family of six fits in a single room, which is unusual here.

Quadruple

A house in the alley beside the Agha Bozorg mosque and madrasa, one of the finest eighteenth-century buildings in the city. Ten room types split between the ground floor and the basement, and three of them, two singles and a double, have no private bathroom or toilet. The basement rooms are the cool ones in summer.

Kamal-ol-Molk Square, Darvazeh Isfahan St

Five rooms at Kamal-ol-Molk Square, on the road out towards Isfahan. Read the room names carefully before booking: three of the five have no window at all, and two others have no private bathroom or toilet. It is among the cheapest beds in the city and the trade-offs are real.

A house opposite the Talebian clinic on Mohtasham Street, keeping both a shah-neshin alcove and a howz-khaneh, the old pool room, with a shabestan sleeping six. Seven rooms in all, sleeping one to six; two of them, the shah-neshin and the second howz-khaneh, have no private bathroom or toilet.

Double · Twin · Quadruple

Five rooms off 12 Aban Street by 15 Khordad Square, sleeping one to five. Central, between the bazaar and the historic quarter.

Single · Twin · Double

Nine rooms off Alavi Street with a shah-neshin alcove and rooms on the sardab level, sleeping one to five. In the historic-house quarter, minutes from the Sultan Amir Ahmad bathhouse.

Triple · Twin · Single

Five rooms in Farhang 8 alley off Fazel Naraqi Street, sleeping one to four. Its name is the shah-neshin, the raised alcove where a Kashani household received its guests.

Double · Twin · Suite Twin

Eight rooms including a suite in the Agha Bozorg mosque alley off Fazel Naraqi Street, three-star, sleeping one to four. The mosque's sunken courtyard and twin minarets stand at the end of the lane.

Single · Double · Twin

Alavi Street, Bastan 5 Alley, No. 6

Five rooms in the Bastan 5 alley off Alavi Street, in the historic quarter where most of Kashan's merchant houses stand. Room types run from a single up to a quadruple. A plain, small address in a walkable part of the old town.

Single · Double · Triple

A one-star at the Malek Abad three-way junction on Kashani Street, on the modern side of town rather than among the historic houses. Five room types running from a single all the way to a five-bed, which makes it straightforward for a family.

Suite Quintuple · Suite Six-bed · Suite Double

Six rooms on Motahari Boulevard, three-star, sleeping one to six. Modern rather than historic, and one of the few Kashan options that takes six in a single room.

Not in Kashan itself: this three-star stands at Mashhad Ardehal, beside the shrine of Ali ibn Imam Mohammad Bagher, roughly an hour west of the city and the site of the annual carpet-washing ceremony. Rooms come as ordinary hotel rooms sleeping two to five, plus a three-bed cabin.

Twenty rooms around a courtyard in Shahidan Sabet alley off Mohtasham Street, sleeping one to three. Eight of the twenty have no window, nearly half the house, so it is worth being specific when you book.

Seven rooms in the Sar-e Pelleh quarter off Mohtasham Street, in a house with its shah-neshin alcove and duplex rooms, sleeping one to five. In the lanes of the old city.

Triple · Double · Quadruple

Darvazeh Dolat

A one-star at Darvazeh Dolat, the old city gate junction, central for the bazaar and the historic houses. Six room types up to a five-bed suite; one twin has no private bathroom or toilet, the rest do.

Eighteen rooms in a house off Fazel Naraqi Street by Kamal ol-Molk Square, sleeping one to four; all but one have their own bathroom. One of the larger historic houses open as lodging.

Shahid Chavoshi Alley, Ayatollah Madani Alley, Bab ol-Havaej Street, Baba Afzal Street

A restored house in the lanes off Baba Afzal Street, where the rooms are named for what they are rather than numbered: a panj-dari five-door room, a shah-neshin alcove, a duplex and a VIP suite. Ten room types, every one of them a double, spread between the ground floor and the level below it.

Double · Suite Double · Connecting Double

Mohtasham Street, Shahid Sabit Alley, corner of Ziarat Mirneshaneh

A small guesthouse on Mohtasham Street at the Mirneshaneh corner, with five rooms, all of them doubles. Two are named rather than numbered, a shah-neshin and a master room, and one pair connects, which suits two people travelling together who want their own doors.

Six rooms in Shahid Almasi alley off Molla Mohsen Street, with a shah-neshin alcove and connecting rooms. Sleeps two to five, with no singles; five rooms have their own bathroom and one does not.

Fakhravar Alley, Ayatollah Madani Street

Single · Twin · Double

Seven rooms on Emam Reza Boulevard beside the Kashan mall, three-star, sleeping one to five. Modern Kashan, away from the historic houses.

Double · Triple · Quintuple

Nine rooms off Fazel Naraqi Street by Kamal ol-Molk Square, with a shah-neshin alcove, sleeping two to five with no singles. Three of the nine have no private bathroom or toilet, so check which room you are booking.

Single · Double · Twin

Seven rooms by the Agha Bozorg mosque off Fazel Naraqi Street, sleeping one to five. In the thick of the old quarter, a short walk from the Tabatabaei and Borujerdi houses.

Quadruple 105 · Double 109 · Double VIP 106

Twelve rooms in Chitsaz alley off Abazar Street, with a shah-neshin alcove and connecting rooms, sleeping two to four with no singles.

A house in the Fatemieh alley off Alavi Street, where every room is named for a Persian poet, Nima Yushij, Forough Farrokhzad, Parvin Etesami, Shamlou, Akhavan Sales. Ten room types sleeping one to five, so a family and a solo traveller both fit. Fitting, in the city Sohrab Sepehri came from.

Ten rooms around a courtyard off Mollahabibollah Sharif Street, with a shah-neshin alcove and suites, sleeping two or four with no singles. By Kamal ol-Molk Square.

An inn in the Haj Baba Atoof alley off Fazel Naraqi Street, with eight rooms carrying old house-names: a se-dari three-door room, a shah-neshin, and a sardab, the sunken room a Kashan house retreated into in summer. All but one are doubles.

Eight rooms around a courtyard off Ghiasoddin Jamshid Kashani Street, sleeping one to four. Quiet, on the northern side of the historic district.

Seventeen rooms in a Qajar-era house off Fazel Naraqi Street, keeping its shah-neshin alcove. Three of the seventeen have no window, which is normal in a house built around a courtyard. Sleeps one to four.

Single · Twin · Double

Five rooms by the Soorijan underpass on Fazel Naraqi Street, sleeping one to four. Small, and central to the historic houses.

Seventeen rooms in a restored traditional house off Ayatollah Kashani Street, with a shah-neshin alcove, duplex rooms, suites and connecting rooms, each with its own bathroom. Three of the seventeen have no window. Sleeps one to four.

Single · Triple

Ten rooms on Alavi Street directly beside the Borujerdi House, one of the great Qajar merchant mansions of Kashan. Sleeps one to four, in the finest stretch of the old quarter.

A courtyard house in the Surijan cul-de-sac, and the room names are a glossary of Persian domestic architecture: dalan the passage, asmaneh the ceiling room, the iwan, the sarsayeh, the talar. Eight rooms, seven of them doubles and one sleeping four.

Single

Single

A traditional house in the Farhang 31 alley off Fazel Naraqi Street, built around two separate courtyards: rooms are sold as main-courtyard or Mahboub-courtyard, and it is worth asking which you are getting. Twelve rooms in all, including a shah-neshin triple, a duplex for four and a four-bed with a balcony.

Fazel Naraqi St, Alavi St, Bastan 6 Alley

Six rooms in Bastan 6 alley where Alavi meets Fazel Naraqi, some connecting, sleeping two to four. This is the heart of the historic-house quarter.

Suite Double Royal · Double · Triple

Eleven rooms in the Sultan Amir Ahmad quarter on Alavi Street, with duplex rooms and rooms on the sardab level, the cool cellar a Kashani house retreated into in summer. The bathhouse of the same name, with its famous roof, is beside you.

Double · Twin · Quintuple

Five rooms in Golcheghaneh alley off Fazel Naraqi Street, sleeping two to five with no singles. Small, in the middle of the historic-house district.

Fifteen rooms off Ghiasoddin Jamshid Street by Darb Ata Square, sleeping one to four. A larger old house on the northern edge of the historic quarter.

Single 101 · Twin 103 · Double 102

Seventeen rooms where Fazel Naraqi meets Alavi Street, with a shah-neshin alcove and suites, sleeping one to four. One of the larger restored houses in the centre of the old quarter.

Suite Double Presidential · Single Royal · Single

Sixteen rooms in the Ameriha house on Alavi Street, one of the largest Qajar mansions in Kashan, with a shah-neshin alcove, duplex rooms, suites and balconies. Sleeps one to four, in the finest part of the old city.

Mohtasham Street, Qadr 24 Alley

Six rooms off Mohtasham Street in a house keeping its shah-neshin alcove, sleeping two or four with no singles. In the old lanes near Sar-e Pelleh.

Twenty rooms off Fazel Naraqi Street by Kamal ol-Molk Square, sleeping two to four with no singles. Among the largest of the restored houses taking guests.

The restoration that put Kashan's old houses on the map — an award-winning boutique stay with a fine courtyard restaurant.

Triple · Double · Six-bed

Kamal-ol-Molk Square, Molla Habibollah Sharif St, Yousef Pour St

Twin · Triple · Double

Kamal-ol-Molk Square, Fazel Naraghi Street, Farhang 35 Alley

Kamal-ol-Molk Square, Sharifi Street, Pamenar Alley, Taghi Khan Passage

Double

Fazel Naraghi Street, Farhang 5 Alley

Fazel Naraqi St, Alavi St, Shahid Hashemian Alley

Taleghani Street, Namaz Boulevard, Shahid Naser Najib Alley

Nooshabad, Imam Khomeini Street, Shahid Khansarizadeh Alley

Mir Emad St, Feyz Square, opposite Kashan Grand Traditional Bazaar, Zaviyeh Alley