Rud Bar

On the west bank of Sefid Rud river and 70 km to the south of Rasht on Tehran- Rasht road, it is surrounded by forest and olive grove. Olive is the main agricultural product of the region. Places of tourist interest in and around Rud Bar are as follows:
 * The historic site of Marlik Tappeh, excavated by Dr Ezzatollah Negahban in 1961-2. Its royal tombs have produced a great wealth of gold and silver vessels, jewelry and weapons, dated to the late 2nd millennium BC. The relief decoration on the beakers and bowls in the form of vigorous animals and humans, linking it with the art of the steppes to the north and Lurestan to the south. Clandestine digging at the neighboring site of Amlash has produced closely comparable work.

 * Gerd Kul Tappeh, in Rahmat Abad, dated to the first millennium BC, 126 km from Totkabon.
 * Panj Tappeh, in Rahmat Abad village, dated to the early first millennium BC.
 * Abbasi Caravansary, dated to the Safavid period, 2 km to Imamzadeh Hashem.