Firouzeh Hotel
If ever there was a hotel whose atmosphere revolved around one man, this is it...
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If ever there was a hotel whose atmosphere revolved around one man, this is it...
With multiple-domed roofs, this remarkably swish hotel is designed to faintly resemble a caravanserai while offering full midrange facilities.
Here rooms are very comfortable at this price and when low-season discounts of up to US$10 are thrown in it’s an absolute bargain. Secure parking is popular with overlanders, who use the hotel showers for US$2 per person per day...
Offers a twin-bedded guest room in his charming home along with communal carpeted sleeping spaces, some on the open-air terrace. This is the nearest Mashhad gets to a backpacker hostel but it’s vastly more personal and inviting...
Shayan means ‘gorgeous’ and when it opened as the Shah’s beachfront hotel in 1973 it was the best on the Gulf. It hasn’t changed much and the angular architecture and sea of sprayed concrete have acquired a bit of retro cool...
Another welcoming, family-run place with spotless rooms at fair prices. Adjoining rooms are available and the overhead fans are a bonus if you hate air-con. Discounts for single travellers.
Akbar’s has long been the meeting place for overlanders heading to or from Pakistan. And after four years of struggle in tents and prefabricated buildings following the earthquake, a new, earthquake-proof 15-room affair is due to open in 2008...
The Ferdossi is the best midrange choice in this part of Tehran. The whole place has recently been renovated, there’s professional service and facilities, and the quiet, spacious rooms are fairly priced...
In the remains of a 17th-century caravanserai, the Abbasi has a reputation as one of the best hotels in Iran. Reputations, however, can be misleading...
The international-standard Espinas Hotel, sits beside an attractive mountain-backed lake where you can rent jet skis.
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