Esfahan's Bazar-e Bozorg links Imam Square with the Jameh Mosque, 1.75 kilometres northeast. The bazaar's vaulted passageways are topped by a string of tiny domes, each one with a space at its apex spilling shafts of beam onto the business below. While the oldest parts of the bazaar, around the Jameh Mosque, are more than 1000 years old, the majority of what you see today was constructed during Shah Abbas' insistent expansions in the early 1600s.

The bazaar is a network of lanes, madrasehs, caravanserais and timcheh, arcaded centers of a distinct trade. It can be entered at dozens of spots, but the central entry is by means of the Qeysarieh Portal at the northern end of Imam Square. The high entryway is ornamented with tiles and, higher up, frescoes by the grand Reza Abbasi depicting Shah Abbas' battle with the Uzbeks. These images have deteriorated over the centuries and a slow renovation is ongoing.

Businesses have a tendency to assemble in certain areas of the bazaar. Amongst the more well-known are the carpet sellers, off to the west. Traffic is busiest in the mornings. Unquestionably the most excellent way to discover the bazaar is to just stroll; if you get lost, ask anyone for the Masjed-e Jameh.