Robat Qarehbil

Iran


Close to the Golestan National Park's eastern tip, this apparently uninteresting highway-strip hamlet hides a small, atmospherically ruinous Safavid-era caravanserai with small area of partly restored interior domes – quite photogenic when viewed from behind with the backdrop of a tree-dappled ridge. It's a short block south and east from the police checkpost.


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