Kashan's highlight for many people is the Bagh-E Tarikhi-ye Fin
(or Fin Gardens), said to represent the classical Persian idea of paradise. Laid out for the Safavid King Abbas I in the early seventeenth century, it is a large walled garden of trees and grass crisscrossed with cleverly engineered water features supplied by natural springs. But the town has a lot more to offer. Its delightful nineteenth century
Agha Bozorg Mosque has an imposing dome, four minarets and two badgirs (wind towers) which make a striking setting for the fine mosaic tile work and stucco inscriptions – particularly at sunset. And Kashan's large mansions, built in the early nineteenth century by wealthy merchants, and its Sultan Mir Ahmed Hammam, epitomise the accomplishments of Qajar architecture and design. Half way between Kashan and Yazd lies Na'in, of carpet fame.