Enghelab Hotel Tehran

50 Taleghani Ave Tehran, Iran

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Volleyball in the park, Tehran style

A travel blog entry by robertasiapac

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And so into the unknown. We cross the border, fighting our way through a sea of Iranians, some of them elderly, disabled and with small children, and three hours after we arrive we are through, our fingers blue from giving prints. We have said an emotional goodbye to the 16-seat Mercedes that has brought us from London. Instead we now have a full- …

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Gastfreundschaft, Visa, 'Polizei'

A travel blog entry by timon_richiger

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... dem Visum in der Tasche verlassen. Diesbezueglich war der Aufenthalt in Teheran ein voller Erfolg!
Weiter besuchte ich die ehemalige US-Botschaft, die im Jahr 1979 von Studenten gestuermt wurde und in der bis 1981 viele Geiseln gehalten wurden. Die Geiselnehmer wollten so die Auslieferung des ehemaligen Schahs bewirken, der sich in der USA unterkommen konnte. Noch heute zieren die Botschaft US-feindliche Wandmalereien, wie man den Fotos entnehmen kann.
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2 jours inoubliables à bord du Trans-Asia Express

A travel blog entry by melindaoba

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... pouvoir vivre à l’étranger - ce qui, au passage, est très compréhensible -. Mostafa craint donc que sa potentielle future femme ne le quitte après seulement quelque temps sur le territoire américain. D’autre part, un mariage iranien est une charge financière très importante ; le futur mari doit apporter une sorte de ‘dot’ de plusieurs dizaines de milliers de dollars, afin d’assurer le confort de sa future épouse au cours de leur ...

Mammouth city

A travel blog entry by robdelaney

... biggest in Iran. Made up of 10 kilometres of winding shops and alleys it seemed to go on forever, and the pushing and shoving certainly leant it a feeling of importance. It is not known for its architectural appeal, though it did provide lots of secret passageways and hidden staircases to who knows where that were more than enough to keep me occupied for the relatively short time I spent in there.

The Ebrat prison museum was also very interesting. It was here in the ...

Crazy horses...

A travel blog entry by jtw000

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... it should be an easy ride. It was but we suffered from the same slogging conditions as the day before, nothing to see and an easy straight road. The kind of slog where your mind wanders.

I got the impression that Tehran was going to be big when we hit the city sprawl 35km before the signs said we arrived. By the time we were at that distance the roads were getting busy and the driving standard had deteriorated badly. We plodded on. Attention from other drivers was positive but ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Engelab