Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
PM Coffeenet
(Taleqani St; per hr US$1; 10am-9pm)
Graffiti-cool interior with sep-
arate women's room.
Money
Mehrpouya Currency Exchange
( 222 7826; Sa'di Ally; 9am-1.30pm & 4.30-8pm
Sat-Thu)
Near Shohoda Sq.
Vase Exchange
( 224 0597; Moravid Close, 1st fl; 9.30am-1.30pm & 5-8pm Sat-
Wed, 9.30am-1.30pm Thu)
Free chockies while you change money. Good rates.
Post
There's a central post office on Shohoda Sq but for parcel service use the main post office
(Bentolhoda St) just off Golsar Ave in Golsar.
Telephone
Central telephone office
(Shohoda Sq; 8am-8pm)
Domestic calls only.
International telephone office
(Taleqani St; 8am-9pm Sat-Thu)
Tourist Information
Gilan Miras Ferhangi
( 775 4664; Ehtesab Alley off Sabz Sq; 8am-2pm Sat-Thu)
Historic brick building and attractive garden hosts the tourist information office.
Visa Extensions
Police headquarters
( 218 3481; room 8, 1st fl, Shohada Sq; 8am-1.30pm Sat-Thu)
To extend your visa, apply before 10am. Pay IR300,000 to the specific Bank Melli
(either
cnr 22 Bahman or 17 Shahrivar Sts)
, return with the receipt and pay a further US$1 to a
uniformed officer. Processing takes about three hours.
Getting There & Away
Air
Iran Air
( 772 4444; Golsar Ave; 7.30am-7pm Sat-Thu, 9am-1pm Fri)
flies twice
weekly to Mashhad (US$70).
Iran Aseman
( 775 9594; Rasht airport)
flies to Shiraz
(US$80, Saturday) and Bandar Abbas (US$100, twice weekly). Both airlines fly at least
daily to Tehran (US$50).
