List of caravanserais

Tash Rabat in mountains

A caravanserai was a roadside inn where caravans and travelers could stay the night.

Zeinodin Caravanserai
The Good Samaritan Inn

They are typically constructed around a central court yard, can be used as markets and are found from North Africa and the Aegean to India and Western China- although the majority are found between Iran and Turkey. Hundreds of these structures were built over the centuries, so a comprehensive list is not possible they include however:

Armenia

Orbelian's Caravanserai

Albania

Azerbaijan

Rabati Malik's portal

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus

India

View of Doraha Serai

Iran

The Mothers Inn caravanserai in Isfahan
A medieval Caravanserai in Karaj

Israel

Fair at Khan al-Tujjar c1850
Solomon's pools, in 1981
Khan Yunis

Kyrgyzstan

Macedonia

Romania

Syria

Interior of Khan As'ad Pacha Al-'Azem

Turkey

Uzbekistan

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