Kalala, the city of endless hills

Being located next to the Golestan National Park and the historical wall of Gorgan, next to the Khaledanbi shrine with enchanting hills in the heights and endless plains of anemones, green villages with many natural attractions, along with the Turkmen horses of the desert, has made Kalaleh a destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

By being in Golestan as a rainbow, tourists can, in addition to observing and experiencing the culture and customs of the resident tribes, including Turkmen, Turks, Persians, Baloch and Sistani to other ethnicities, in a city like Kalala from the shrine of Khaledanbi, ecotourism residences and villages The place where pure Turkmen horses are kept, spend fun hours.

Kalaleh is located next to the Golestan National Park and the historical wall of Gorgan, Aqsu Forest Park and meadows and forests adjacent to Cheshme Zav recreation complex, Khalid Nabi shrine and ancient cemetery (shared with Marave Tepe city), Panjshir Valley, Qaradib exploration workshop, Yasaqlig fire temple. and ancient hills, Solukli lagoon and Beilikoh heights, Khadr Olya forests, Imamzadeh Abdullah shrine, Bostan and Chamran dams, Laleh park and horse breeding complexes of Sufian village are among the natural and historical tourism capacities of this city.

Shrine of Khalid Nabi

Khaled Nabi tourist sample area with spectacular hills, the shrine of Hazrat Khaled bin Senan (AS), Shaghaig plain, springs, meadows and green slopes and unique attractions and natural landscape, is located in Kalaleh as a beautiful gem among the tourist attractions of Golestan province.

Khalid Nabi’s cemetery and shrine complex is located in the highlands and mountainous areas of the province known as “Tangri-dagh” mountain, and a little far from this shrine, on another hill in this area, numerous stone statues are raised from the ground, scattered, like a cemetery. And based on the documents and evidence obtained so far, the age of this historical cemetery is related to the middle Islamic ages.

Due to its unique historical and natural attractions, this pristine area has a special place among the tourist areas of Golestan and even the north of the country, which attracts many tourists to this area of ​​Iran’s Nagaristan every year.

This shrine includes the tomb of Khalid Nabi known as Ghaith Ibn Sanan, and also the tomb of Alam Baba, the tomb of Shepherd Atta, the cemetery and the Khizrdandan spring are located next to it, and all of them are respected and respected in the region, especially among Turkmen.

On the edge of the Khaled Nabi building, there is a huge cemetery on the nearby Mahor hill, all of which have standing tombstones that are different from other known tombstones in the region in terms of shape and decoration, and in this cemetery there are more than 600 standing tombstones up to the maximum height. 2 meters can be seen.

Turkmen horses galloping in Sufian village

Horse breeding has long been a special place among the Turkmen living in Golestan, including Gonbadkavus, Kalaleh, Maravetepe, Aqqola and Bandar Turkmen areas, and according to experts, more than 17,000 horses of different breeds are kept in this province, of which 3,000 are from About 7,000 of the pure Turkmen breed are from the Dukhon breed and 1,100 of them are from the Thoroughbred breed.

The pure Turkmen horse is one of the most popular Iranian species that has a long history in the life of the Turkmens, and due to its special characteristics, it is popular in all sports affairs, and the enthusiasts are willing to pay huge sums to keep this species.

According to experts, the Turkmen horse consists of three subspecies “Yemut, Akhalteke and Goglan”, and the “Yemut, Akhalteke and Akhalyemut, a combination of 2 breeds” breeds are kept and bred in Golestan province, along with Dokhon and Thoroughbred breeds, and their owners are permanent owners of the company. In the spring, summer, autumn and winter courses, they are in Gonbadkavus, Aqqla, Bandar Turkmen and other parts of the country.

Kalaleh city located in the east of Golestan province has five active horse breeding units as well as 550 purebred Turkmen horses with more than 100 employees.

Kalaleh has hosted the 16th edition of the National Purebred Turkmen Horse Beauty Festival in Sufian village as one of the main foci of breeding this animal, and the last edition was attended by more than 150 horses from different provinces of Razavi Khorasan, North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Mazandaran, Gilan, Tehran, Alborz, Fars and Isfahan were held in May this year.

Tourists can travel to Kalaleh villages, including Sufiyan, to observe these noble animals from the pure Turkmen race up close, and spend their nights in attractive ecotourism accommodations in the villages with pristine nature in this city.

Existence of ecotourism in the heart of pristine nature

According to the trustees, Kalaleh has 32 active ecotourism accommodation units in rural areas, and it ranks first in Golestan province in this area, and there is always a significant number of tourists and travelers during the year, especially during the summer and Nowruz holidays, to spend pleasant hours. Nature travels to this city.

Eco-tourism or rural tourism is a new form of popular tourism industry in our country, where instead of staying in hotels and crowded places, people go to pristine villages to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life for an hour, maybe even a day. and spend a week in peace arising from these features.

Kalaleh city in the east of Golestan province, according to the existing infrastructure and the numerous capabilities of ecotourism development, has put attention to this branch of tourism on the agenda and is investing for the development of this sector.

In addition to the pristine attractions, using the nature of the village, eating healthy and organic foods, touching a simple and traditional village life, participating in the daily activities of the residents and buying livestock products and handicrafts are among the activities that domestic and foreign tourists can only do in residences. Eco-tourists can experience that all these attractions are accessible in Kalaleh villages.

The historic wall of Gorgan

The defensive wall, the Great Wall of Gorgan or the Red Wall, which is referred to as the “Red Snake” in some old texts, is one of the three historical walls of the world, whose remains today extend from the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea to the heights and valleys of the Eastern Alborz at the foothills of Beili Mountain. Golestan National Park can be seen near “Zav” village in the northeast of Kalaleh city.

This wall, with a length of about 200 km and a width of between 2 meters and 10 meters, is written with the names of Iskander Dam, Anoushirvan Dam, Firoz Dam, Defensive Wall, Qezel Yilan, Qezel Alang and Alan (in Turkmen language) in historical geography sources and travelogues. has been

The General Administration of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Golestan, with the approach of depriving and decentralizing, reviving and organizing the Great Wall of Gorgan from the villages of “Gorbor”, “Yasaqalq”, “Qaradeeb”, “Sarisu” and “Tamargareh Qozi” of Kalaleh city from October this year. It started because the main remaining works of this several thousand-year-old work are in these areas.

30 billion Rials from the President’s trip in March last year and 50 billion Rials from the national funds were considered to start the restoration and restoration work of the Great Wall of Gorgan, so that with the completion of the project, the conditions for tourists to visit this historic monument will be provided.

Attractive waterfalls and springs

Agh So spring is one of the most abundant springs in Golestan province, seven kilometers away from Kalale city, near which is Agh So waterfall with a height of 70 meters.

Agh Su spring is one of the sights of this city, which, in addition to beautiful natural landscapes, also has convenient facilities for tourists, and Loh waterfall is one of the other attractions of Kalaleh in the heart of the pristine and amazing Loh forests.

There are many natural springs among the sights of Kalaleh, the most famous of which is the Zav spring, which you have to go 45 km from the center of Kalaleh to see.

According to the head of Kalaleh Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department, this city is ready to host travelers and tourists during Nowruz holidays with 32 eco-tourist lodges and five active passenger houses with the capacity to accommodate 1,300 people.

In an interview with IRNA reporter, Mohammad Ali Sargazi added: 20 new tourism accommodation units are being built in the rural areas of this city, and 25 pilgrim rooms in the Khaled Nabi Shrine have the capacity to accommodate 300 people.

He considered agricultural tourism as one of the capacities of Iran’s tourism industry and stated: Five tourist farms are open in Kalaleh for visitors to visit.

The head of Kalaleh Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department said: 760,000 tourists visited the natural and historical attractions of this city so far this year, of which 450,000 were related to the Khaledabi shrine.

Sargazi continued: The villages of Sufian, Qara Tepe Sheikh and Tamar Qara Qouzi are among the tourist attractions of Kalale city due to the breeding of pure Turkmen horses next to Aziz Abad village due to the fact that they have 500 silk weaves (traditional Turkmen textiles).

He said: Kalaleh has 3 thousand and 322 handicraft artists and 15 handicraft workshops in different disciplines are active in this city.

The head of Kalaleh Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department added: For this year’s Nowruz Eid, 2 festivals of culture and economy of the village will be held in Pishkamar and Central parts of the city, and the handicrafts and souvenirs market will be active in 14 stalls out of 20 in Esfand in the grounds of Khaledanbi Shrine. Was.

Kalaleh city with 130 thousand people is located in the east of Golestan province.