Akdamar Island is home to the Church of the Holy Cross. This beautiful 10th century church must be one of the most photographed in eastern Turkey, the elegant proportions of its cruciform shape and po...
Well worth a visit if you have time intrepid travellers may make their way to the superb remains of the Urartian fortress at Çavuştepe, and the castle at Hoşap. The fort walls at Çavuştepe are the bes...
Van Citadel sits atop a high rock 1.5 km long and 100m high and lying to the outskirts of town. Within the walls of the Citadel is the Sardur Tower which dates from 840 BCE and which has cuneiform ins...
Van Museum may only be small but it does hold a fine collection of Urartian gold jewellery amongst other artefacts from sites such as Patnos, Toprakkale, Cavustepe and Giyimli. There is a display of k...
