Covered Bazaar

Iran


Now that the Sa'd-al Saltaneh caravanserai has been transformed into a modern arts-and-crafts precinct, the remains of Qazvin's original covered bazaar deals mainly in clothes, jewellery, textiles, homewares and wet, dead things. It's still worth a wander, especially in its furthest reaches.


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