If you want to sleep within walking distance of the Grand Bazaar, the Golestan Palace and the national museums, the Ferdowsi Grand Hotel is one of the most practical choices. It stands on Kushk-e Mesri Street at the start of Ferdowsi Avenue, just north of Imam Khomeini Square, and was relaunched in its current form in 1990.
It is a four-star with about 220 rooms, an indoor pool, a gym, a restaurant, conference and banquet rooms and a business centre. There is a currency exchange in the hotel and Ferdowsi Avenue is home to many of the city's licensed exchange offices, which makes it easy to change cash. Airport transfers and free parking are available.
Imam Khomeini metro station, where Lines 1 and 2 meet, is close by, so the north of the city is reachable without the traffic. The area empties after the shops close, so most guests head north for dinner.
Persian name (show your driver): هتل بزرگ فردوسی
Address: No. 20, Kushk-e Mesri Street, start of Ferdowsi Avenue, north of Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran
Area: Downtown, near Imam Khomeini Square and the Grand Bazaar
Rating: Four-star
Rooms: 220
Metro: Imam Khomeini station (Lines 1 and 2) is a short walk away
Facilities: Indoor pool, gym, restaurant, conference and banquet rooms, business centre, currency exchange, airport transfer, free parking
Paying: Foreign bank cards do not work in Iran, so bring enough euros or dollars in cash and change them at an exchange office or the hotel desk. Prices on Iranian booking sites are in rials or tomans and may differ from the rate a hotel quotes to foreign guests, so confirm the price in writing before you arrive.
Recent guest reviews of the Ferdowsi Grand Hotel are on Tripadvisor.
Planning where to stay? See our guide to hotels in Tehran and the latest prices in Iran.
