Sarāyān

Sarayan stands on the dry eastern side of the Iranian plateau, north of the older town of Tun. Its caravanserai, built in the Safavid period, formed part of a complex that included a market, a bathhouse and a cistern. Arranged around a courtyard with two iwans, the inn provided rooms for travellers and space for their animals, recalling the traffic that once passed through this desert town.