Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
Shadi Hotel$
( 662 5112; Pasdaran St extension; tw/tr US$35/55; )
By far the best accommod-
ation in Sanandaj, this very professional hotel deserves at least three of its four self-awar-
ded stars. A choice of restaurants lead off a spacious lobby that wraps around a big copper
fireplace. The staff speak English. The hotel's main drawback is its out-of-town position
beyond Mellat Park but shuttle taxis from Azadi Sq pass outside (very fast!).
HOTEL
Nehro Hotel$
( 225 5170; Ferdosi St; tw/tr US$8/10)
This great-value place has clean, well-kept
rooms above a small shopping centre. All have shower and squat toilet.
HOTEL
Mehmanpazir Kaj$
( 323 1162; Ferdosi St; s/tw from US$7/10)
The Kaj is unusually presentable for a
cheap guesthouse with corridors that have renovated old wall-mouldings. The simple
rooms have nicely tiled bathrooms with squeaky clean squat toilets and gushingly power-
ful showers. Unsigned in English, it's four doors along from the bridge that crosses
Kordestan Blvd.
HOTEL
Eating & Drinking
Typical
kababis
and fruit-juice squeezers are scattered along Ferdosi St, especially around
Enqelab and Azadi Sqs where
Shahreqashang
( 322 7706; 7.30-2.30am)
serves ice
creams and snacks till very late. An unnamed, unexotic teahouse near Hotel Hedayat is
good for fried egg breakfasts or
dizi
.
TEAHOUSE
JimJim$
(Abidar St; coffee US$1-2, pizzas from US$2; 10am-2pm & 4pm-midnight)
Gold
tables, swirly wrought-iron seats and friendly staff make this little cafe a pleasant place
for refreshment if walking between Abidar Park and the Khosroabad Building, west of
Azadi Sq.
In Abidar Park itself and beyond Kuhnavar Sq there several places for ice cream,
kababs and snacks.
