Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
Semnan Tourist Inn$$
(Mehmansara Jahangardi; 444 1433; Basij Blvd; tw US$45; )
Behind a dowdy
exterior, this friendly 36-room hotel offers international standard rooms with newish fur-
niture, curtained showers, toiletries and freshly laundered towels: good value but 3km
from the old-city core.
HOTEL
Ghods Hotel$
( 332 2177; Imam Reza Sq; d US$35; )
Some rear rooms have cracked windows
and worn furniture. Front rooms are better with TV and fridge but suffer more from road
noise. Overpriced.
HOTEL
Eating
Ghandil Sabz$
(Motahhari St; 9.30am-1pm & 4-11pm)
There's a grotto theme in this curious ice-
cream shop about 700m north of Imam Khomeini Sq after 21st Alley.
SWEETS
Sofrakhaneh Sonati Haft Khan$
(Mashahir Sq; breakfast/kabab meals US$2/5; 9am-11pm)
The menu is a very short
list of ordinary kababs but the decor is unique. Achaemenid figures lead down to a cane-
vaulted cavern full of tea-beds, Corinthian columns and an artificial grotto. If that looks
fanciful, wait till you see the incredible party room accessed through a secret door
between the two gold suns.
KABABI
Pizza Max$
(Sa
'
di Sq; pizzas US$3-4; noon-3.30pm & 6pm-midnight)
Good if typically Iranian
pizza, mostly for takeaway.
FAST FOOD
Information
Aras Coffeenet
(Qods Blvd; internet per hr US$1; 10am-7pm Sun-Wed)
