Southeastern Iran
Oddly located in a row of car mechanics' workshops, 300m north of Azadi Sq, this cheap, basic place comprises an unremarkable restaurant, tea garden and…
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Tehran
The rooms and shared bathrooms are tiny, there’s only one shower and the front rooms are horrendously noisy, but the generally helpful English-speaking…
Iran
Survivable rooms are available here at the back of a popular restaurant that serves up a splendid zereshk polo ba morgh (chicken with rice and barberries)…
Southeastern Iran
The Amin's selling points are English-speaking management and en suite rooms that are handy for the bazaar, but beds are soft and springy and the…
Mashhad
Already about the cheapest beds you'll find in the Haram area, but the Iman discounts a further 40% or so off-season with ultra-basic twin rooms form…
Iran
Kafe Gazakhuri Daiya is easy to find (it's across the bridge from the Dairyman four-table shop-restaurant), but it has outside toilets and no real shower.
Tabriz
A desperate dive on a busy intersection: expect nothing and you might be pleasantly surprised. Rear rooms above the private courtyard are quieter.
Iran
Some of the small but functional rooms offer fine views of the Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine, and double-glazing keeps most of the noise out.
Iran
Probably the best of the rock-bottom cheapies, the Nabovat has clean, basic rooms, most with bathroom. Expect traffic noise.
