Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
The culture-information office,
Miras Ferhangi
( 222 4790; Robat Karim, Beheshti
3rd Alley; 7am-2pm)
occupies a pretty, mini-caravanserai, two blocks south, then one
west from Valiasr Sq, passing
E1 Technology
( 222 8030; Beheshti/Modarres St; inter-
net per hr US$1; 8am-10pm)
en route.
Getting There & Away
For Mashhad, buses (US$2, 2½ hours) use a terminal near Imam Reza Sq, accessed by
shuttle taxi along Al-Mahdi St from Valiasr Sq. Savaris (front/back US$2/3, two hours)
depart till around 9pm from nearby.
Savaris to Taybad (US$2) leave from Falakeh Sharak.
TAYBADدابيات
0529 / POP 49,000 / ELEV 823M
Just 18km from the Afghanistan border post, Taybad's main attraction is the imposing
1444
Molana Mosque
( 7am-dusk)
. Its towering
iwan
is of a similar grandeur to that
of the Jami complex in Torbat-e Jam. The male-dominated
Municipality Hotel
( 422
2269; Gumruk Sq; tw/q US$ 15/19)
at the northern edge of town has unsophisticated if
fairly spacious box-rooms with bathroom, TV and much too much pink. From a point
300m further north, transport leaves for Mashhad (bus/savari US$2/5, three hours),
Torbat-e Jam (savari US$3) and Dogharon, the Afghan border (savari/taxi US$3/2, 20
minutes). Transport to
Khaf
leaves from near Falakeh Molana, passing the dramatic
Kar-
at Minaret
after 25km.
