Karimkhan Hotel
Travel Blogs from Mashad
Black is back....
... cabs than private cars...it would be quicker this way (and I think the tolls were less as well). Whatever..
The trip was quite uneventful. The scenery through the mountains was quite stunning but the towns were definitely nothing to look at. About 3 hours later we were on the outskirts of Mashad...which was waaayyyy bigger and busier than we imagined. Next we knew the taxi had stopped and was telling us to get in another one. We were a bit annoyed at this as we had paid to ...
Welcome To Iran
... to do so within their own houses. Out on the street it is a different matter. Mashhad is one of the most religiously conservative cities in Iran and Islamic customs are strictly adhered to. Women cover themselves with black chadors, men and women only interact with each other if they are married and black flags hang on building marking the mourning of martyrs gone before. His friends were extremely friendly and we ended up having quite a late night, ...
Mashad - Our Confronting Introduction to Iran
... problems, we thought.
We waited again. One by one the other travellers' names were called to receive their stamped passports. In a now empty room, we were still waiting. Finally we were summoned by a stern faced official. He looked at our passports for some ten minutes, looked at us, then at our passports. Surely, it would not take all that time to ascertain that we were the passport holders? And then to my surprise, he came within inches of my ...
Mecca in Iran - Mashhad
... and they often have blue and green eyes with Roman noses.
Next morning I woke up at 8am and made an excursion to Sarakhs, 130km away from Mashhad and took 3 hours by bus. Sarakhs is on the border with Turkmenistan, there is nothing much in this little border town and the only highlight and remarkable is Rubat Sharaf. Built in the 12th century, and it is one of the oldest and largest Caravanserai in Persia.
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Entering Iran
... time doing their prayers, in some cases don't even close their shops, just absorb the sound of the prayers and take it all in. I can see why this place is a holy shrine;-)
We walked around the little spice shops and brought some nuts and biscuits for our train ride to Esfahan tomorrow evening, aunty D tried some really delicious Pomegranate ice-cream with a tamarind sauce, but the night wasn't complete until i had my Falooodah (rose water and saffron ...
Location
Other places to stay in Mashad
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Homa Hotel
Ahmad Abad Street, Taleghani Square, Mashad | Hotel -
Pars International Hotel
Vakilabad, Mashad | Hotel -
Pardisan HOtel
Kalantari Exp., Mashad | Hotel -
Alqadir Hotel
Seyed Shohada Conjuction, In Front Of Naderi Garden, Mashad | Hotel -
Iran Hotel
Andarzgoo Ave, Mashad | Hotel -
Tehran Hotel Mashad
Tehran Ave, Mashad | Hotel -
Razavieh Grand Hotel
AabSq (across from Reza Bazaar), Mashad | Hotel -
Asia Hotel
Pasdaran Ave., Mashad | Hotel
