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Hi,
I am in Indian want to visit Tehran Iran... can you please help me with the cheapest hotel in Iran. my budget is 2000.00 Indian Rupees per night. my traveling dates are 18th November and return to India on 2nd December.
i do not have much money.... if you can help me to understand what will be the budget to spend 14 days in Tehran.

Thank you,
Regards,
Shazad Shaikh.

My girlfriend (an Iranian with dual US citizenship) would like me to accompany her on her next visit to Iran so I can meet her family. The length of stay is estimated to be 3 weeks. However, it looks as though I can only get a visa if I am part of a tour group. Is there any way around this ?

hi everyone , i came to canada when i was 8 years old , my mother hated my dad so much that she chose to change my last name in the immigration , now im 22 years old and i want to visit Iran, there's a problem , my two last names in my canadian passport and in my iranian passport does not correspond , can this cause me any problem ? even if every other information in both passport correspond ? thanks you already for you responses

Hi there, My Wife and I will visit Iran in the middle of this month and we wanted to book a flight from Tehran to Shiraz but are having great difficulty in doing so. I have tried emailing a few travel agents in Tehran but have so far not received any responses. Because we are only in Iran for 15 days I don't want to waste time whilst we are there and I understand that the flights often get completely booked up. Can anybody recommend a reliable travel agent in Iran who can make the flight booking for me? Thanks and regards, Tiobraidarainnabu

SALAM!!!! hello everybody!!!!! i am a pakistani just completing my cambridge examinations from my country.i have decided to get my higher education from tehran university along with another frind of mine....so i need any info on housing, Living, meeting locals, restaurants, standard of education...... secondly i want to knw whether the education is in persian or english....currently i have started to lean basic farsi online and reached the tehran university persian language site(DEkhoda) thirdly i want to knw abt the expenses ill have to bear monthly/annualy exluding my tution fee i have visited iran before 5 years ago with my family to visit some shrines.... so all i want brothers and sisters is your sincere advice so i can enjoy my stay in iran for future ill be really thankfull to you all!!!! khuda hafez syed

I am planning to visit Tehran first time, I have some doubts about getting into trouble since , Iran is facing economic sanctions from the rest of the world? pls answer my innocent questions?> 1. Is there any Problem visiting Iran for an Indian Muslim. 2. I'm going to visit my long lost girl friend is it possible for us to meet in hotel? 3. Will there any restriction for me to travel to US or Europe , if I visit Iran now? Thanks

Hi Everyone i am planning to go Iran with train. i searched and found many questions via that form but i have a concern somethings; First i think rent car and travel iran from one place to another but too many things about rent a car. Can you tell me approximately how much to rent a car and can we use ourself the car without driver? Another thing is taxis; can we find taxi whenever we want? and of course taxis payment is cheap or expensive?

Hi there. IM planning on taking a train from Ankara to Tehran in August 2012. I know the train leaves on wednesdays so i was just wondering how far in advance should i book this ticket www.msedv.at/rai/ I have checked this website for trains running in the next month or so and it says sorry no tickets/trains avalible. Now with the visa i need a letter of Inviation and its something i can get from hotels? Does this mean i need to book a few nights in a Tehran hotel room for the hotel company to give me a LOI I do have a friends i know dearly in Tehran but i wouldnt want to put him through pressure into getting me a LOI. I hear it does take some time to get an Iranian visa and once issue i have 3 months to enter Iran. If i plan on enter Iran in August should i start getting the visa number in Febuary and applying for the visa in Canberra Australia in April. I would also like to ask if any British Citerzens who applied for a Visa outside of the UK. If they were required to give fingerprints. I know you get fingerprints taken in London but im not so sure about other foriegn embassies. Since i am British i guess i do require an appointment at the Canberra consulate Im going overland from London to Tehran so ill use my UK passport for europe and also to get me into Turkey for 10 pounds

Hi, can anyone please advise? For a philippine passport holder, after my 30 days visa expired should I get a new extension for a 5 days stay? How much will it cost me? Replies will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

We've been looking for Hotels in Tehran but is impossible to find any with resonable prices... We might stay for a week no more. Can you suggest me hotels to stay in Tehran where we could spend less than 100 euro per night? Many thanks Joka&Bucks

I have arranged a meeting for Thursday 16.June.2011 starting from 5:45 P.M. All local and international travellers /VT'ers are welcome. To check on details and signing up go to the following URL: meetings.virtualtourist.com/... Or read below: Meeting on 16.June.2011. /Sare-Pole-Tajrish NearPO Posted: Jun 06, 2011 Well, now being in Tehran, I would like to arrange a meeting for local VT'ers and those who are flying to Tehran. The venue is a very famous touristic place called Sae-Pole-Tajrish! Meeting there we can walk around to many places such as parks, eating and drinking nice food and drinks and in late evening to have a great delicious dinner same as the attached picture!! :-) I post a thread on the above matter on Tehran Forum and those interested sign up. Coming there dont forget to bring your Cameras abd shoot as many pictures as you like. Date: Thursday 16.June.2011. Venue: Sare-Pole-Tajrish N.B. Those who attend the meeting would pay for what they want to eat/drink.

We will be in Tehran for 2 nights and are looking for a company who can offer us a 1 day excursion tour of Tehran, book our hotel and transfers to and from the airport. Can anyone recommend a company who could organise this? Any suggestions for a good and safe hotel? Other than the main museums, what else should we not miss seeing? Thanks for any help

I was born in Iran and lived there till I was 17. My family and I then moved to UK. Years later I married my British husband with whom I have 2 children. But my marriage was not an Islamic one eventhough I am by birth a Muslim. I really miss Iran and would really want to be able to travel there with my husband and children if possible. I am a dual national (Iranian + British) but my iranian passport expired years ago and I have not applied for a new one as I don't think I get it being married to a Bristish man who is not a muslim (even officially). Can anyone help? What would happen if we all asked for turist visa and got one but then they noticed on arrival that my Bristish passport states I was born in Iran?? I really like to visit specially as it has been a very long time but I even more want to be able to get out at the end of the trip.

We want to take a bus in tehran going to Kashan. From which station(s) must we take the bus. Is the busstation open at night (we arrive at night in tehran by plane) Thanks for answers

I have applied for my passport in the U.S. I want to go to Tehran, Iran. I don't want to take a tour or pay for one - could I use a tour simply as an "advisor" because of blah blah blah....I want to visit friends and tour around with them. What is the most efficient way? To have my friends apply for a Visa in Tehran for me or go the Tour route as an advisor. I am an American woman traveling alone and I just want some legitimate advice here. I know that once I get the authorization number I apply for the Visa here in the U.S. through Washington, D.C. There is so much fear about getting out of Iran as an American but really I want to get in! So please help me figure this out if you know any details I may need and thank you so much in advance. Angela

hi , Im planning to visit tehran and Iran for the first time in december , im traveling alone and like to know if its possible to stay with private families , and maybe get some private teaching of farsi! what to do in tehran and Iran I have 10 days for this first visit but I plan to come back later! Im a well travelled man 52 years , I got to grown children and a girlfrind who dont have time to go! I speak scandinavian , english , spanish and german, I like to backpack , and to meet other travellers, I have been to more than sixty contries , and now I like to get to know Iran and its people,

Hi I am considering travelling by train from my home, Istanbul to Iran next Spring. Living in an Islamic country, albeit secular, I am aware of the need to cover my head, which I do here most of the time so no problems. Does anybody have any advice, tips, on where to stay and what to see and do. I am single mature lady travelling, frequent visitor and traveller to the Middle East. Thanks Georgia

I'm arranging a trip to Bandar Abbas and Bandar Lengeh along the southern coast of Iran. Trying to at least learn a bit of the language before I go. I've heard that the majority of residents in this province are Arab. But do most people at least understand Farsi? Or will I have to know a bit of Arabic to get by? Thanks!

would be in Tehran from 13-19th Sept 2010 attending conferance at the Razi Congress Centre at Milad Tower ,near Hemmat Highway . Please advise of the nearest 4 - 5 star hotel near this area Thanks almandhari

I'll be traveling to Iran from the DC area for the first time in 15 years. I'd like to know what fairly inexpensive gifts (as I'll need to take a lot) I can take for family, particularly kids. As they are for family they should not be such things as candy but was thinking clothes or ???

I need an English-speaking guide/friend to take my wife, son and me (and one other guy) to the Grand Bazaar, Khayyam Traditional Restaurant, and any neat neighborhoods/sites on Sunday, April 25, 2010. We'd love to hang out with a local for the day. Can you email me at kclark at calvin dot edu? thanks, kelly

hi, can someone tell me how much 200 marlboro lights cost please in tehran?

Hi Vters, I read in lonely planet that 4 and 5 June are public holidays for Iran. May I know is it difficult to find accomodation and transport during that period? Thank you!

I'm going to visit Tehran soon and wanna stay in budget clean hotel in the north of Tehran. Does anybody have information about such the hotels and the rates? Please help! Thx

Hi everyone, I would like to do some backpacking in Iran next year. I will travelling to popular destination like Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz and Yazd. However i can only make it during the last week of March and first week of April. According to Lonely Planet, that is the No Ruz period in Iran. All forms of long distance transport and accomodation will be heavily booked. So one should think twice before going to Iran during No Rus. I would like to know from the local Iranian or other fellow VTers what their opinions or experiences on this. Appreciate that.

Salam, I am a Dutch student working in Tehran and I would like to learn Farsi in the evenings. The Dekhoda insitute only provides late afternoon classes, but I need something from 18.00hr onwards, since I work till 16.30. Does someone know an institute or a reliable and qualified private teacher who can teach me how to speak (and read) Farsi? Furthermore, I live now in the dormitories of the university, but I soon have to move out, is it possible for a young woman to find an appartment for herself and another female friend (with not a really big budget)? I hope someone can answer my questions! Khoda Hafez, Flora

We will be visiting Iran in September. I would like to have suggestions as to what to take as small gifts for our guides. Souvenir items from a local university? Thank you! Mare

I am going to be in Tehran for ten weeks doing a course and researching an int ed project. Does anyone have any suggestions for longer-term accommodations in the North? I have a hotel in the center near the metro for about USD 16 per night - but every morning I need to be in Shemiran which can be a LONG commute. Any ideas for alternative accommodations? Other cheap hotels or if people rent rooms as they do here in Europe? Thanks!

Ba salam Hazine taxi haye foroodgah az maghsade foroodgah imam khomaini ta bolvare artesh - Mahdoodeh Minisiti (shomale Tehran) cheghad ast? Ba Tashakor Mega

Hello!. I just wanted to know, when you arrive at the airport in Tehran do they ask you any questions or ask you to fill out any forms for you to specify your religion?. Or is it a very straight forward easy process going through customs and leaving for back home? Thanks!