Kerman, the capital of Kerman Province, located in an altitude of 1,860 m above sea level and 1,062 km to the south of Tehran, is a wonderful place. Unless one travels to Kerman by air, it seems a very long way from any other center of importance, no matter whether one approaches it from the northwest, the southwest or the southeast.
 Modern Kerman is connected to all such centers by air (daily flights), railway and a first-class asphalt roads, on Tehran-Bandar Abbas-Zahedan routes. The train station is 4 km southwest of Kerman and the airport is also southwest, but the bus station (terminal) is in the south The town is situated close to the wastes of Dasht-e Lut, from which it is separated by a range of mountains.
Its name is probably derived from the tribe of Germanioi listed by Herodotus. Believed to have been founded in the early 3rd century AD by Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanian dynasty, it was from the 7th century ruled in turn by the Arabs, by Buyids, the Seljuks, the Turkmans and the Mongols.

But it did not become famous for its carpets until long after the time of Marco Polo (who mentions only the skill of local leather workers, silk-embroiderers and armorers in 1271), for the town expanded rapidly under the Safavids in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, both the English and Dutch exporting Kermani carpets from the port of Bandar Abbas.
Kerman has had a long and turbulent history, and it has only for short spells enjoyed peace and prosperity at the same time. Late in the 18th century AD, Agha Mohammad. Shah of Qajar dynasty took a terrible vengeance on the people of Kerman because they had given help to his mortal enemy Lutf Ali Khan Zand. The town has a Zoroastrian minority, altogether much smaller than that in Yazd. The pistachio, grown principally in the Rafsanjan-Kerman area, is the most popular nut in Iran, though walnuts, almonds and hazel nuts are also eaten; so too is melon seed, which has first to be adroitly split with the teeth to extract the edible kernel. A variety of nuts, seeds and dried fruits, known collectively as ajil/ (delicatessen) are eaten before and after meals and particularly in Iranian parties.
Most of the ancient Kerman was destroyed in 1794 earthquake, and the modern Kerman radiates from two squares (Azadi and Shari'ati), and all the monuments of interest lie between these two, and include:

Kerman Museum
Kerman Mosque
Kerman Bazaar

ACCESS AND DISTANCES:
1022 kill to Tehran. 498 kill to Bandar-e Abbas. 387 kill to Yazd. 541 kill to Zahedan. 659 kill to Esfahan. 195 kill to Barn. 910 kill to Mash had. 555 kill to Shiraz.
ACCIDENTS:
1. Savaneh va Sukhtegui Hospital 231107-8.
2. Shahid Bahunar Hospital 2350 11- 18.
AIR AGENT:
1. Iran Air office is in Dr Beheshti Street 58871-.
2. Mahan Air 50541-3.
3. Saha Air office is at the airport.
AIRPORT:
There is no airport bus, but you can take a taxi to or from town to the airport (225005, 222900) for about 4500 Rials as a solo passenger.
BANKS AND EXCHANGE OFFICES:

1. Bank Melli Iran, Central Branch on the south of Vali Asr Square 52562.
2. Bank Sepah 429511.
3. Salehi Exchange Office, No 76, Kazemi Crossroads 228750.
4. Sharifi Exchange Office, Qodss Street 231413.
5. Vahedi Exchange Office, Qodss Street 21304.

BUS TERMINAL:
All bus cooperative companies are represented in Kerrnan. An orange-painted taxi will take you to the bus terminal from anywhere in the town within few minutes.
1. Adl 221224.
2. Autb Benz-e Kerrnan 233362.
3. Azadi 225873.
4. Guilan Tour 223898.
5. Guiti Navard 221368.
6. Homa 221081.
7. Iran Payma 223354.
8. Jahan Payma 222137.
9. Mellat 222838.
10.Mihan 223812.
11.P. M. T. 221960.
12.Rah Payma 221960.
13.Seyro Safar 223993.
14. Transport 226752.

CITY DIALING CODE NUMBER:
 The dialing code for Kerman is 0341.

DRUG STORE (24-HOUR):
 1. Azadi, Dr Shari'ati Ave 222828.
 2. Madar, Dr Bahunar Ave 220020.
 3. Omid 221574.

 EMERGENCIES:
 In addition to 115:
 1. Dr Bahunar Center, Qarani Street 235011-7.
2. University Hospital No 1, Mofatteh Street 20014-7.

FIRE STATION:
226666, 112.

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE:
1. Ostandari 222222-9.
2. Farmandari 335551-3.

MEDICAL SERVICES:
1. Ar.jmand Hospital, Dr Shari'ati Ave 29213,28989.
2. Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, Jaihun Square 260041-4.
3. Dr Beheshti Hospital, Jomhuri Eslami Blvd 28025.
4.Kerman Darrnan 220015-8.
5. Khodadad Mehrabi Hospital, Shahid Bahunar Street 222629-30.
6. Razieh Firuz Hospital, Salsabil Street 228484.
7. Shafa Hospital, FarabiSt, 41051-4.
8. Shahid Bahunar Hospital, Sepahbod Qarani-Sepah Crossroads 235011-7.
MUNICIPALITY: 230551,222941.

POLICE:  Headquarters in Edalat Street 44444, 40031-4, 110. In Bus Terminal 230166.
POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The main post office is on the south side of Edalat Street. The telegraph office is on the north side of Edalat Street 21114, 22114. International calls cannot be made from any hotel in Kerman and must be booked at least two hours ahead.

RAILWAY STATION:
 229761-3, (ticket office) 220014-17.

RESTAURANTS:
1. A 'zam Restaurant, Mahan Road.
2. Chaikhaneh Sonnati Vakil (Traditional Tea House), Bazaar-e Vaki1225989.
3. Ghaza Khori-e Mehrabi, Navab-e Safavi (Bahmanyar) Street 50022.
4. Khayyam Restaurant, Azadi Square, Beginning of Shahid Sadughi Street, 49227.
5. Mar Mar Restaurant, Felestin Street 225052.
6. Restoran-e Bozorg-e Shahr (marked in English Big Restaurant of City), Tahmasb Abad Intersection 46475.
TAXI AGENT:
Bolvar, lomhuri Eslami Blvd 35755.

TOURIST OFFICE:
I. Cultural Heritage Organization 55151-3.
2. Tourist Affairs Department, 228030-32.