BOUTIQUE VAN DOÄžUBEYAZIT TOUR
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1 day : Iğdır, Doğubeyazıt, İshakpaşa Palace, Muradiye Waterfall, Seljuk Square Cemetery, Tatvan
In the morning 03:30 Next to Kadıköy Marriage Office Parking Lot, 03:45 In front of Metro City AVM, 04:00 In front of Ataköy Atrium AVM, we are moving to Istanbul Airport with our shuttles. We meet our guests who come to Istanbul Airport by their own means at the Domestic Terminal at 04:45. We are moving to Iğdır with THY's TK 2718 06:20 plane. Our flight lands at Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport at 08:15 and we meet our vehicle waiting for us here and move to Doğubeyazıt. We take a step-by-step tour of İshakpaşa Palace, accompanied by our guide, who helped us to remember the magnificent views on the skirts of İshakpaşa, the main hero of many legends Ağrı Dağrdımcı. You will be amazed by the stone masonry we will encounter in the Kulliye. After completing our tour of İshakpaşa Palace, we arrive at Ararat Restaurant for lunch. Then, following the Doğubeyazıt – Çaldıran road, we reach the Muradiye Waterfall. After the photo and free time we gave here, we reach Ahlat, known as the "deed of Anatolia", which is the gateway for Turks to enter Anatolia through Erciş. Emir Bayındır Vault, the only columned vault in the world, will be our first visit point. Then we observe the 8,200 tombstones and the reliefs and carvings on the Seljuk Square Cemetery, which is on the UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage tentative list, known as the world's largest Turkish-Islamic Cemetery. After the photos we will take, we are on our way to our hotel. Accommodation and dinner at Tatvan The Crater Hotel.
Day 2: Nemrut Crater Lake, Akdamar Island, Van Carpets
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we check out, deliver our suitcases to the bus, and then get on the minibuses ready in front of the hotel and move to Nemrut Crater Lake, also known as the "Paradise of Alexander the Great". After an average of 40 minutes of travel, we reach the panoramic break point and photograph Van Lake and the crater lake. Then we see the steam chimneys and reach the big lake. The big lake is also the cold part, after the photo break we take in the big lake, we reach the warm lake. After reaching the hotel, we take our bus and move towards GevaÅŸ. When we reach GevaÅŸ, we first go to Grand Deniz Restaurant to have our lunch. After our lunch, we take our boat from the pier of the restaurant and move to Akdamar Island. After a journey that will take about 30 minutes by boat, we reach Akdamar Island, visit the Akdamar Church, where we can observe the magnificent examples of stonework, and listen to the narrations of our guide. After the pleasant time we will spend on Akdamar Island, which is the most important tourism point of Van, we move to Van Center. Another value that comes to mind when Van is mentioned is hand-woven carpets. After observing the outstanding examples of our handicrafts, we move to our hotel for accommodation. Accommodation and dinner at Doubletree by Hilton Van Hotel.
Day 3: Çavuştepe, Van Cat House, Van Castle
We check out our hotel in the morning, leave the hotel and move to our restaurant to taste the famous Van Breakfast. After breakfast, Çavuştepe Castle, which carries the traces of the Urartian Kingdom, will be the first stop of our last day. We tour the inscriptions on andesite stone blocks and other archaeological sites, accompanied by the narrations of our guide. Then, we visit the Van Cat House, located in Van 100. Yıl University, to see the Van Cats, the symbol of Van. After my cat house tour, we go to the restaurant for lunch. After our lunch, we arrive at Arubani Bedesten, where we can see the Savat craftsmanship unique to Van. After the information we received about Savat craftsmanship, we reach the Van Castle, which was built on the bedrock. After our tour of the castle, which was the capital of Urartu under the name of Tuspa, we arrive at Van Ferit Melen Airport. We return to Istanbul with THY's flight TK 2751 at 18:30. Upon arrival in Istanbul, we wish to see you again and drop you off at the service points we have taken. We say goodbye to you, our valued guests, to meet on another Setur trip.