Things to do in Bandar Abbas
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Bazaar
Bandar isn’t blessed with a lot of must-see sights – actually, none – but it’s not totally devoid of flavour. The lively bazaar rambles its way across two blocks just back from the seafront, and is probably the most colourful part of town. A seafront promenade leads east and has an evening flea market. At its end, the busy fish market is full of charismatic old salts happy to pose for pictures with their catch. Work on the huge mosque a few metres east of the bazaar seems to have restarted despite local concerns that the engineering is not good enough for a major earthquake zone.
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Chelokabab Iran
Conveniently located, this unadorned little place serves standard Iranian fare, plus a decent chelo mahi (fried fish on rice). Toothless owner Haji Hossain is a nice guy, speaks English and will probably try to tell you about his son the microscopic robot maker – or something.
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Fish Market
Self-caterers should head for this fish market for fresh Gulf fish, filleted if you ask. Even if you don’t plan to cook, this is a fun place to wander round with a camera.
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Labkhand Coffee Shop
The stylish, second-floor Labkhand was going off like the proverbial frog in a sock. Good fun. It also serves some of the best coffee we drank in Iran.
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Sea Restaurant
This is the Hormoz Hotel’s most interesting restaurant, with a menu loaded with seafood. The patio location is ideal in the cool of evening.
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Famus Darya Pizza
Famus serves pizzas and burgers that you eat on the sea wall; it’s the one that looks like a giant concrete fire hydrant wearing a hat.
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Shake Shop
For the best banana shake (IR4500) on the coast head for the unnamed shake shop, opposite and slightly west of Hotel Ghods.
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Tanuri Pizza
This pizza place is one of many along this strip that are reliably good.
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