Just as there are motels and truck stops along today's highways around the world, the roads in historical Persia - today's Iran - had many caravanserais , roadside inns where voyagers could eat and sleep. In 2023, 54 especially important, well preserved and/or architecturally interesting ones were listed as a world heritage site.
A typical caravanserai has several buildings, including stables for the caravans' horses and camels, grouped around a central courtyard. Some are quite large, able to accommodate several caravans. Some are in towns; the more rural ones are often fortified against the local bandits.
See also: Silk_Road#Sleep
Map of The Persian Caravanserai
35.058353 51.420136 1 Deyr-e Gachin . (updated Sep 2023 )
35.770731 53.732372 2 Noushirvān . (updated Sep 2023 )
35.770539 53.730144 3 Āhovān . (updated Sep 2023 )
35.458228 50.974597 4 Parand . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.266569 60.655161 5 Robāt-e Sharaf . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.153244 54.477108 6 Anjireh Ājori . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.162211 54.484039 7 Anjireh Sangi . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.995936 60.718367 8 Abbās Ābād Tāybād . (updated Sep 2023 )
37.271914 47.8431 9 Jamāl Ābād . (updated Sep 2023 )
37.153294 56.920742 10 Qelli . (updated Sep 2023 )
35.999886 59.313486 11 Fakhr-e Dāvūd . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.868158 51.370403 12 Sheikhali Khān . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.299136 51.812386 13 Maranjāb . (updated Sep 2023 )
31.672694 52.068447 14 Amin Ābād . (updated Sep 2023 )
33.7686 51.489525 15 Gabr Ābād . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.265017 51.809733 16 Mahyār . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.809358 51.609322 17 Gaz . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.713431 52.435786 18 Kūhpāyeh . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.307878 56.806442 19 Mazinān . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.284592 57.143603 20 Mehr . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.165719 58.086231 21 Zafarāniyeh . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.744636 58.055386 22 Fakhr Ābād . (updated Sep 2023 )
33.855286 58.518017 23 Sarāyān . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.765281 52.177136 24 Qasr-e Bahrām . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.409186 55.6533 25 Mayāmey . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.361219 56.387875 26 Abbās Ābād . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.428131 56.060578 27 Miāndasht . (updated Sep 2023 )
31.411858 54.706853 28 Zeynoddīn . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.227925 54.009194 29 Meybod . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.487967 48.282989 30 Farasfaj . (updated Sep 2023 )
31.513364 52.133206 31 Īzadkhāst . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.384533 47.434933 32 Bisotūn . (updated Sep 2023 )
30.290956 57.078936 33 Ganjali Khān . (updated Sep 2023 )
35.936286 50.719622 34 Yengeh Emām . (updated Sep 2023 )
38.977444 45.576972 35 Khājeh Nazar . (updated Sep 2023 )
38.343894 46.86335 36 Goujebel . (updated Sep 2023 )
38.001044 47.881586 37 Sāeen . (updated Sep 2023 )
37.044775 49.902236 38 Titi . (updated Sep 2023 )
30.788203 50.561525 39 Dehdasht . (updated Sep 2023 )
38.466 44.623528 40 Khoy . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.990831 50.446956 41 Bāgh-e Sheikh . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.971206 52.799364 42 Neyestānak . (updated Sep 2023 )
31.940011 57.140408 43 Chehel Pāyeh . (updated Sep 2023 )
33.366381 56.070414 44 Khān . (updated Sep 2023 )
33.991561 56.979178 45 Deh Mohammad . (updated Sep 2023 )
34.876633 48.220728 46 Tāj Ābād . (updated Sep 2023 )
31.569333 56.850169 47 Chāh kūrān . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.344947 54.667983 48 Kharānaq . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.440722 53.631053 49 Rashti . (updated Sep 2023 )
29.267114 51.208258 50 Borāzjān . (updated Sep 2023 )
33.237956 48.211336 51 Chameshk . (updated Sep 2023 )
32.043961 48.852128 52 Afzal . (updated Sep 2023 )
27.1985 54.375972 53 Bastak . (updated Sep 2023 )
36.269294 50.000708 54 Saʿadossaltaneh . (updated Sep 2023 )
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