| Once, as the derelict caravanserais that litter the landscape mutely testify, the Silk Route ran through the Mazandaran. |
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| Sheki is also known for its huge caravanserais of which it once had five, a time when local silk was a valued commodity on Caucasian trade routes. |
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| Said to be one of the oldest preserved caravanserais in the world, maybe a thousand years, it wears its age and restoration with solidity rather than elegance. |
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| It was possible to reach lower Ural and Volga from Urgench, following the road of Ustyurt caravanserais. |
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| Real images from the past, the lingering aroma of the caravanserais in villages that lay by its side. |
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| Unlike most other caravanserais that are enclosed within four walls, the tailor's version is a long alley with vaunted archways that opens up onto Abu Ali River. |
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| Encouraging the passage of goods through Anatolia, which led to the subsequent development of the caravanserais were also a source of rulers of the region's wealth. |
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