Question

Compare and contrast Caravanserai with a Modern Rest Stop.

Answer 1

There were two different kind of Caravanserai: 1- Urban Caravanserai, which was located inside the city, mostly beside Bazaars and was a place for trading goods. 2 – Suburban Caravanserai, which was located outside cities and was a place for settling Caravans at night.

The first type often reconstructed as Hotels, and second type mostly reconstructed as Caravanserai again.

In this post I introduce you four reconstructed Caravanserais located in Iran.

Maadar Shah Caravanserai (The King’s Mother Caravanserai):

Located in Isfahan, Iran, Maadar Shah Caravanserai was an urban caravanserai and was built about 300 years ago in Safavid era, the building was almost destroyed after Afghans invasion and during years, but redesigned by Andre Godard, reconstructed as Shah Abbas Hotel at 1950s.