Niasar Waterfall

Niasar Waterfall is located in the historic town of Niasar, in the old Sarkamar (Shahid Beheshti) neighbourhood. The waterfall is 25 metres high, measured from its base to the point where the water spills over. It is one of the sights of Kashan in Isfahan Province, and its water comes from a spring known as the Talar (Eskandariyeh) Spring, which lies above the waterfall next to the Niasar Chahartaqi. It could be said that Niasar owes all of its age and history to this spring. Two-thirds of the spring's water flows toward the waterfall and from there onto the fields of Niasar, while the remaining third goes to the Now neighbourhood. Interestingly, on the day of Eid al-Adha the residents of the Sarkamar and Barzehzan neighbourhoods still sacrifice a cow beside the Eskandariyeh Spring and pour its blood into the water, so that it travels with the waterfall to other parts of the town. They believe this brings abundance and plentiful water to the waterfall.

Medicinal plants grow abundantly here, each with its own properties. They include maidenhair fern (Par-e Siavash), used for headaches and chest pain; shoureh grass (Alaf-e Shooreh), used for backache and headaches; and the snake cucumber or snake watermelon (Khiar-e Boote Mar), used for leg pain. Trees such as juniper, sweet willow, Shamroon mulberry and grapevines can also be seen around the waterfall. The best time to visit Niasar Waterfall is spring and early summer, when the waterfall carries more water and the green nature around it has a special freshness and vitality.

There are several other sights around the waterfall, such as the Niasar Chahartaqi and the water mill of the Eskandariyeh Spring. There were once 13 mills along the route of Niasar Waterfall; one of them has now been restored and can be visited by tourists. The Niasar Chahartaqi stands on a rock overlooking the Talar neighbourhood of Niasar. According to researchers, it dates to the time of Ardashir I (Ardeshir-e Babakan) and the Sasanian dynasty, and it attracts a great deal of tourist interest.