Amir Kabir Hotel

Tehran


The standout feature of the Amir Kabir is its traditional restaurant, but the rooms are also worth consideration, too. Decoration is hardly hip, with flocked wallpaper and marble floors and a mixture of squat and Western-style toilets in rooms. There is, however, some Iranian identity here, and you couldn't be better placed for forays into the bazaar.


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