Ruin Village, Esfarayen

🕰️When was it built?

The exact date the village began is not known, but in 833 AH (1430) Hafez-e Abru mentioned the village of Ruin in the Arghian area. This mention dates from the Timurid era and shows that the village existed before the Safavid era.

🏛️What was it built for?

Ruin is a living village of orchards and traditional weaving. Growing cherries and weaving chadorshab cloth, towels and shawls are among its activities. Because of its mild mountain summers, people from the towns around come here for outings.

👀What you will see

• Chadorshab looms, used to make the traditional cloth both by hand and by machine.
• Woven goods such as chadorshab, towels and shawls, the work of the village's weavers.
• The village's mountain summer setting, with cold, snowy winters and mild summers.
• Orchards and cherry growing in a village known for this fruit.

🎒Good to know before you go

• The village has cold, snowy winters; if you travel in the cold season, bring clothes for mountain weather.