El-Goli (former: Shahgoli) park
El-Goli former: Shahgoli park. This place is worth staying 4-5 nights in. There is also a Tourist Info center there with rooms to stay in. Pars Hotel is approximately a 10 minute walk away. Visit this park in summer, because in winter the weather is quite cold, and people from places other than Tabriz can seldom bear it. In summer, El-goli park is a beautiful place to visit. People from different areas come to jog, exercise and play group sports. Especially in the mornings you can see bunch of old men organized in lines, jog around the pool you see in the picture and the exercise for a few minutes. The real fun begins after they finish exercising; they start singing and dancing and other people gather to enjoy. Up on the hill, 100 steps above the pool there is a vast beautiful green area which is full of boys and girls doing sports in the mornings. In the afternoons, the area is full of families sitting there to have fun at night. You can see hundreds of tents and children laughing around.
Hot springs and Hydrotherapy Resorts in the north-west of Iran
Important and rich hydrotherapy centers such as "sare aine", boostan abad, and specially the coastal strip along urmia lake enjoy great popularity among all tourists. situated 20 km off the city of ardabile, sare aine spa forms one of the most significant health resorts in iran. moreover, hot springs rich in phosphoric and other mineral properties, located in this region, substantially contain various medicinal benefits. as a picturesque natural phenomenon comprising distinctive medicinal and healing features, urmia lake definitely constitutes one of the main attractions of this scenic province