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Sleeping & Eating
There are quite a few restaurants around but accommodation is limited.

HOTEL

Akbar Tourist Guest House$
( 251 0187, 0913-246 0731; [e-mail]; Sayyeh Jamal od-Din St; s/d
US$12/23, without bathroom US$10/18; ) Mr Akbar's has long been the meeting
place for travellers visiting the Arg and overlanders heading to or from Pakistan (meet
here for convoys). Destroyed in the earthquake, the original has slowly been replaced by a
comfortable, sociable two-storey, 15-room affair. The easy ambience and tours to nearby
locales tend to keep people longer than they expect. Discounts are available.

Bam Azadi Hotel$$
( 221 0095; [e-mail]; Jahad Blvd; s/d/tr US$47/60/82; )
Spacious, clean and comfortable rooms here are fair value even if the place is very quiet
and the location, about 6km from the Arg, means you'll need a taxi to go anywhere. It's
off the left of the main road into Bam from Kerman. The restaurant (meals US$4 to
US$10) is decent.

HOTEL

Bagh-e Khannevadeh$
(Imam Khomeini St; meals US$4-7; 4pm-1am) Set in a garden adorned with mulberry
trees and running water, this is a popular place for Bamis to eat, drink tea, and smoke
qalyan on takhts (daybed-style tables) in summer, and in palm-frond huts in winter. We
found the chicken kabab (US$3) and bastani (ice cream; US$0.50) both very good.

TEAHOUSE

Getting There & Away
Iran Aseman flies twice weekly between Tehran (US$72) and Bam's small airport east of
town.
Bam's bus terminal is just south of Arg Sq but Arg Sq itself is where most services stop
en route to or from Zahedan. Mahmooly buses to Kerman (US$3, three hours, 204km)
leave frequently. Buses also depart for Zahedan (US$4.50, four hours, 321km) every
couple of hours; Esfahan (US$10.50, 12 hours) in the early afternoon; Yazd (US$7) and
Tehran (US$17, 17 hours) at 3.30pm and Bandar Abbas (US$5, five hours).