Travel Information For Iran
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Accommodation
Useful info for accommodation in Mount Damavand
Camp1 Polour Hut or Lodge
This is the best starting point for Mt Damavand south and west route, unlike Reineh camp it is a shortcut to Mt Damavand base camp, this new complex sport center is made by Iran Mountain Federation and it has a hostel which looks like a comfortable hotel located in Polour village, it contains:
- 2 private rooms or suites (with bunk beds, refrigerator, cold & hot water taps and shower and toilet in rooms)
- 9 shared rooms with bunk beds
- Cold & hot water taps, shower
- kitchen, refrigerator and cooking equipments
- Electricity and telephone
- Central heating
- Big car park
- Artificial climbing wall
Transportation
taxis and other transportations in Iran are roughly cheap. the cheapest way of traveling inside Iran is almost always Buses, also for some routes you can check up with trains.
if you want to travel inside Tehran, which is the most expensive city in Iran, as a budget traveler don't get in a Taxi and say your destination. it will work like a Yellow Cab in London (expensive)! instead you can ask other people how you can get there.
for Bikers and Motorcycle riders things can be different. petrol is cheap in Iran (roughly 40 USD cents per Liter)
meals:
Meals in some restaurants can cost you 30-100 USD per person! Restaurants like Nayeb, Shandiz, Shamdan, Alborz and many others start from 20-25 per person. even restaurants like Taj Mahal, ّFrench and Japanese restaurants can cost up to 100 bucks!
instead of trying these restaurants for a simple meal you can cook very cheap and healthy food using rice, meet, beef, chicken and vegetables.
rough prices:
rice: 2 USD per Kg - chicken: 3-4 USD per Kg - beef: 8 USD per Kg - vegetables: 1 USD per Kg
fruits (average): 2-3 USD per Kg
NOTICE: Iranian restaurants, mostly, are not Vegetarian friendly!
Touristic areas and sights:many of them are free and the rest are cheap enough. beside you don't have any other option to pay less!
Money Exchange:
this can hurt!! in many cities you will experience problems with exchanging money. not too many in small cities and very limited open hours. also most of banks only deal with foreign currencies only 2 hours a day (11:00-13:00 local time)
SO CARRY enough Iranian money when you are out of Tehran or large cities. I know for most of westerners it sounds crazy, but you should.
there's no ATM accepting VISA, MasterCard etc. so you may not use them.
paying in USD or Euro etc to ordinary people and store keepers can cost you more than what you should usually pay.
Useful info for accommodation in Mount Damavand
Camp1 Polour Hut or Lodge
This is the best starting point for Mt Damavand south and west route, unlike Reineh camp it is a shortcut to Mt Damavand base camp, this new complex sport center is made by Iran Mountain Federation and it has a hostel which looks like a comfortable hotel located in Polour village, it contains:
- 2 private rooms or suites (with bunk beds, refrigerator, cold & hot water taps and shower and toilet in rooms)
- 9 shared rooms with bunk beds
- Cold & hot water taps, shower
- kitchen, refrigerator and cooking equipments
- Electricity and telephone
- Central heating
- Big car park
- Artificial climbing wall
Transportation
taxis and other transportations in Iran are roughly cheap. the cheapest way of traveling inside Iran is almost always Buses, also for some routes you can check up with trains.
if you want to travel inside Tehran, which is the most expensive city in Iran, as a budget traveler don't get in a Taxi and say your destination. it will work like a Yellow Cab in London (expensive)! instead you can ask other people how you can get there.
for Bikers and Motorcycle riders things can be different. petrol is cheap in Iran (roughly 40 USD cents per Liter)
meals:
Meals in some restaurants can cost you 30-100 USD per person! Restaurants like Nayeb, Shandiz, Shamdan, Alborz and many others start from 20-25 per person. even restaurants like Taj Mahal, ّFrench and Japanese restaurants can cost up to 100 bucks!
instead of trying these restaurants for a simple meal you can cook very cheap and healthy food using rice, meet, beef, chicken and vegetables.
rough prices:
rice: 2 USD per Kg - chicken: 3-4 USD per Kg - beef: 8 USD per Kg - vegetables: 1 USD per Kg
fruits (average): 2-3 USD per Kg
NOTICE: Iranian restaurants, mostly, are not Vegetarian friendly!
Touristic areas and sights:many of them are free and the rest are cheap enough. beside you don't have any other option to pay less!
Money Exchange:
this can hurt!! in many cities you will experience problems with exchanging money. not too many in small cities and very limited open hours. also most of banks only deal with foreign currencies only 2 hours a day (11:00-13:00 local time)
SO CARRY enough Iranian money when you are out of Tehran or large cities. I know for most of westerners it sounds crazy, but you should.
there's no ATM accepting VISA, MasterCard etc. so you may not use them.
paying in USD or Euro etc to ordinary people and store keepers can cost you more than what you should usually pay.