Salar Kish Hotel
With bigger apartments; usually four or five beds in each.
With bigger apartments; usually four or five beds in each.
One of the new, three-star options. Well-located, spacious rooms that are more like mini apartments. Discounts possible.
Sprawling, busy place beside Kish Airlines. Apartments are a bit worn but fine.
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.
This ostentatious, Achaemenid-style monument in marble is arguably Iran’s best hotel, though if don’t fancy Vegas-like theme places it might feel over the top. The service, 192 rooms and suites, restaurants and facilities are all very good.
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