Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tourist Information
Tourist information office
( 525 2501; off Jomhuri-e Eslami St; 9am-2pm &
4-7pm Sat-Thu)
Excellent free maps, lots of help with organising trips around Azarbayjan,
and a mine of information that will transform your appreciation of this city. It's upstairs in
a curious building that straddles the main bazaar entrance.
Travel Agencies
The following have English-speaking staff and offer train and plane bookings:
Afagh Gasht Travel
( 555 2250; Imam Khomeini St; 8.30am-8.30pm Sat-Thu)
Jahan Seyer Travel Agency
( 555 6004; fax 553 2331; Imam Khomeini St)
Mahnavand Travel
( 553 9444; Tarbiat St; 8.30am-6.30pm Sat-Wed,
8.30am-4.40pm Thu) Efficient, well-staffed, new travel and tour agency.
Visa Extensions
Passport Office
( 477 6666; Saeb St; 7.30am-1.30pm Sat-Wed, 7.30am-11.30pm
Thu)
Helpful for visa extensions.
Getting There & Away
Air
Iran Air
( 334 9038)
has direct flights twice weekly to İstanbul (one way/return
US$205/275). Kish Air and Caspian Airlines both fly weekly to Dubai (US$135). Six
flights weekly to Mashhad (US$115) use Eram Air (Sunday, Wednesday), Caspian
(Monday, Thursday) and Iran Air (Tuesday, Friday). For other domestic destinations con-
nect via Tehran (US$65, several daily).
Bus, Minibus & Savari
A couple of bus companies including
Seiro Safar
( 555 7797; 8.30am-midnight)
have offices on Imam Khomeini St. Agency
Mihan Safar
( 555 4908; Imam Khomeini
St; 9am-2pm & 4-8pm Sat-Thu, 9am-noon Fri)
pre-sells tickets for many domestic
long-distance bus companies.
Most long-distance buses depart from the huge, modern
main bus terminal
( 479
6091)
, 3km south of the centre. Between the bus lanes there's a handy
information office
( 7am-8pm)
. Services include the table,
Click here
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