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Atlas Hotel$$
( 8890 6058;
www.atlas-hotel.com
; 206 Taleqani Ave, near Qarani Crossroads; s/d
US$65/90; )
The big, quiet and comfortable rooms in the main building (away
from the street) are good value. Some overlook a colourful courtyard and the combination
of space, decent service and facilities make it an oasis to come home to. There's a decent
Indian-Pakistani-Iranian restaurant.
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Escan Hotel$$
( 8834 7385;
www.escanhotel.com
; 29 Mousavi St, off Enqelab Ave; s/d US$100/145;
; Ferdowsi)
The completely refurbished Escan has 42 sizeable, well-
equipped, very clean and quiet rooms that remind of modern three-star hotels elsewhere
but are unusually well finished by Iranian standards. Service is professional.
HOTEL
Safir Hotel$$
( 8830 0873;
www.indianhotelsafir.com
;
10 Ardalan St, off Mofatteh Ave; d US$80;
; Taleqani)
Located behind the old US embassy grounds, the Safir is better
known for its subterranean Indian tandoor restaurant (
Click here
)
. But the reliably clean,
compact three-star standard rooms won't disappoint and nor will the service.
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Iranshahr Hotel$$
( 8883 4976;
www.hotel-iranshahr.com
; 81 Iranshahr Ave; s/d US$70/95;
HOTEL
;
Ferdowsi)
Reliable. That sums up the Iranshahr, where the 48 small but comfortable
rooms are clean and the service is professional. It's on four floors but there's no lift.
Parasto Hotel$$
( 6670 2422; Mohammad Buyk Alley, off Jomhuri-ye Eslami Ave; s/d US$46/69;
)
The Parasto is a compact, no-frills but clean and welcoming lower-midrange
choice in a quiet street. There's a modest restaurant but no lift.
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VALIASR AVE & NORTHERN TEHRAN
After years of stagnation, several new hotels and apartment hotels have opened in recent
years. Most are in this part of town where all accommodation falls into the midrange,
business and luxury categories. If you stay here it's too far to walk to the museums and
bazaar, so you'll need to take the Metro or brave the traffic. But you will be closer to de-
cent restaurants and cafes.
