Kashan Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus, minibus & savari

As with Qom, most buses that pass through Kashan are going to or from Tehran. They are supposed to stop at the bus terminal (Molla Sadra Blvd) north of the city but often will leave from Montazeri Sq, where an office on the south corner sells tickets. There are regular Volvo services to Esfahan (IR21, 000, four hours) and Tehran (IR25, 000, 3½ hours) via Qom (IR10, 000, one hour), and mahmooly (normal, usually old Mercedes) buses leave less frequently for about half the price.

Minibuses to Qom (IR7000, two hours) leave from the southwestern corner of Valiasr Sq (Madkhal Sq; it’s the one with the New Age ziggurat in the middle) about every hour. You might also find savaris to Tehran here.

Train

There are at least three trains a day between Kashan and Tehran (IR16, 500, 3½ hours, 217km), but they generally pass in the middle of the night. There are also daily trains to Esfahan (four hours, 270km), and a daily nonluxury service to Kerman (10 hours, 711km), via Yazd (six hours, 475km), which passes Kashan at about 9pm and arrives in Kerman after 7am.

The train station (446 0010; Molla Sodra Blvd) is about 2km north of the city centre.

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