Golestan Province (Golestaan) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country south of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan.
The township of Gonbad Kavoos is the biggest township of Golestan province regarding the area. This township is neighbors with Turkmenistan in the north and is limited by Khorassan province in the east, Minoo Dasht and Ali Abad at the south, Gorgan and ...
An old cemetery in northeastern Iran's Golestan province near the border with Turkmenistan, roughly 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Gonbad-e Kavous city, in the Gokcheh Dagh hills of Turkmen Sahra.
This well-presented and small museum in Gonbad-e Kavoos (in Golestan Province) exhibits seventeen 20th century Turkmen carpets, labelled with dates of production and styles.
Imamzadeh Yahya ibn-e Zeid (Emamzadeh Yahyebne Zeid) is located on the southwest side of Gonbad Kavus (Gonbad Kavoos). This was once the site of Jorjan, a city destroyed by barbarian sieges in the 13th and 15th centuries and now just a very minor archaeological ...
In Northeasthern Iran, Golestan Province, there is a stunning odd cemetery and tomb of Khaled Nabi (a famous pre-Islamic prophet died in the 4th century) on top of a green and lush hill.
If you are a fan of hand-knitted rugs and carpets or pictorial rugs and planning to visit northern Iran, you may put Gonbad Kavus carpet museum into the itinerary of your journey to make it richer and more colorful.
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