Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Money
Banks with foreign-exchange counters are relatively common but the exchange counters
are faster and give fair rates.
Baghoi Exchange
(Imam Khomeini St; 9am-1.30pm & 5-7pm Sat-Wed, 9am-1pm
Thu)
Saraf Exchange
(Imam Khomeini St; 9am-2pm & 5-8pm Sat-Thu)
Petrol Ration Card Office
Sherkate Mellie Naft-e-Iran
( 7633011; Janbaz Blvd at Blvd Sajjad)
Post
Main post office
(Tavala
'
i St) Use for parcels.
Post office
(Imam Khomeini St)
Opposite Bank Melli. OK for stamps, but not parcels.
Tourist information
Information room
(bus terminal arrivals area; 24hr)
Library-style sitting room gives
you space to think after a long journey.
Miras Ferhangi Khorasan
( 725 9311; Sadeghi Blvd; 8am-2pm Sat-Thu)
Offi-
cially you need a letter from these folks before visiting some out-of-the-way sights such
as Robat Sharaf (
Click here
)
. It prints lavish bilingual brochures for each district in Khor-
asan.
Travel Agencies
Towhid Foroozanfar and Vali Ansari (see Tours,
Click here
)
are also useful for buying
tickets.
Adibian Travel Agency
( 859 8151;
www.adibiantours.com
; 56 Pasdaran Ave;
7.30am-8pm)
Very professional English-speaking agency that sells air and train tickets,
provides assistance with visa-extension applications and offers tours.
Visa Extensions
Edareh-ye Gozarnameh
( 218 3907; 45 Metri-ye Reza St, Piruzi Blvd; 8am-1pm
Sat-Wed, to 10.30am Thu)
Behind fortified green fencing, this inconveniently located
place would look like a prison except that the mad crush of inmates (mostly Central Asi-
ans) are all trying to get in. Not the best place to apply. For an additional US$25 service
charge, Adibian Travel (
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)
can handle the processing for you.
