This attractive mansion was originally built for the sardar (military governor) of Qajar Shah Muzaffar al-Din (r 1896–1907). Eclectically furnished rooms with colourful, quaintly tacky fruit murals are set around a wonderfully over-the-top mirror-tiled atrium. It’s set in a walled orchard at the base of appealing, tree-dappled Baqcheh Juq village whose timeless hay-topped mud houses are backed by a rugged chasm. It’s 2km off the main Bazargan road, about 7km west of Chahara Sq from which yellow savaris charge US$1 one way.
