Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The celebrated but empty
Kola Ferangi
is a century-old mansion with filigree wrap-
around balconies, hidden away in a ruined garden accessed through the unmarked grey
gates of a clinic on Taleqani St, just north of Chahara Sq.
Baqcheh Juq Palace Museum
( 324 3719; admission US$1; 9am-1pm & 3-5pm Tue-Sun)
This attractive mansion
was originally built for the
sardar
(military governor) of Qajar Shah Muzaffar al-Din (r
1896-1907). Eclectically furnished rooms with colourful, quaintly tacky fruit murals are
set around a wonderfully over-the-top mirror-tiled atrium. It's set in a walled orchard at
the base of appealing, tree-dappled Baqcheh Juq village whose timeless hay-topped mud
houses are backed by a rugged chasm. It's 2km off the main Bazargan road, about 7km
west of Chahara Sq from which yellow savaris charge US$1 one way.
MUSEUM
Sleeping & Eating
HOTEL
Makoo Tourist Inn$$
(Mehmansara Jahangardi; 322 3212; fax 322 3184; tw/ste US$35/45, winter US$25/
35; )
Appealingly quiet, the Tourist Inn is a green three-storey block set well back off
Imam St. Despite a little peeling paint the rooms are by far Maku's classiest option, with
hot shower, squat toilet and towels. Decent if haphazard restaurant.
Hotel Alvand$
( 322 3491; Imam St; s/tw US$6/10)
Just west of Chahara Sq, the Alvand is the most
inviting of Maku's several cheap offerings. The rooms are well kept and management un-
derstands a little English, but the one shower has limited availability and upstairs shared
toilets are often out of action according to some unfortunate guests.
MOSAFERKHANEH
Getting There & Away
From the main terminal buses run to Tehran (US$4, three daily), Tabriz (US$2, four
hours, six daily, last at 1.30pm), and Orumiyeh (US$1, 4½ hours, hourly) via Khoy
(US$1). Rare savaris to Bazargan (US$0.50) depart from Taleqani St at Chahara Sq.
