There are a few daily flights from Tehran. Most of these depart either early in the morning or late afternoon. Seeing the Alborz mountains from the air is quite an experience. There is a direct flight to [wiki=23b998b19b5f60dbbc4eedc53328b0c7]Dubai[/wiki]
Like everywhere in Iran Rasht is well connected with Tehran and neighboring towns by bus
Shared taxis (Savaris) ply the Caspian coast so getting to Rasht from anywhere in that area. A good choice for a trip from Tehran would be a shared taxi or bus to Chalus, a spectacular route through the Alborz mountains and then a savari from Chalus to Rasht.
There are a cluster of cheap, centrally-located mosaferkhanehs clustered just south of Shahrdari Square, off Emam Khomeini Street. As with other such establishments, many of them suffer noise and cleanliness problems.
*Guest House Bahar
300,000 Rials per person.A bit dirty but the cheapest one in town.On Imam Khomeini street.
*Hotel Fars
350,000 Rials for single room.
The hotel Ordibehesht (off Shohada square) is a centrally located hotel offering twin rooms with bathroom for around IR 1,100,000 per night. The building is reminiscent of a palace in a horror movie but the rooms are all right. The reception can arrange fairly cheap taxi tours all over the area.