Akdamar Island Van

... blue and one yellow eye. Aptly, these cats are named Van cats, there's originality for you. Lastly on the highlight package is Akdamar Island and the Armenian church that resides on it. So, with all that in mind we decided to see all the above with ...

... the Van Castle. No luck there  either. The objective of the following morning was to visit the Akdamar Island with another of the iconic sights of Turkey, the 10th century Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross). I  first wasted some time ...

... 'ng the castle ıs famouse because ıt slaughtered 40+ sheep after Obama was elected! After thıs we took a pleasant ferry to Akdamar Island, whıch has a gorgeous recently restored Armenıan Church. It ıs wıdely known that Turkey slaughtered scores of ...

... Church, bıg Wows! Knowing that I probally wouldn't see an Van cat my main ıncentive for coming out to van was because I'd seen photos of the Island. It definatly lıved upto my expectations!! Faboulos! So after a day walking round and having a ...

... to be able to go inside for a quick view. The next stop was a spectacularly sited Armenian church, located on Akdamar Island in the middle of Lake Van.  We traveled by boat to and from the rocky island, which was full of wildflowers at this time of ...

... a typical Turkish breakfast of tomato, cucumber, egg, feta cheese and plenty of bread we left the hotel to make our way to Akdamar Island. I had been told we could swim there and the water was clear. Apparently the locals swim around Lake Van but with ...

... to return to. The beautiful setting of the well-preserved Armenian Church of the Holy Cross (930 AD) on Akdamar Island on the startlingly blue waters of Lake Van, ringed by snow-capped mountains in the distance, made this day trip (1.5 hours from Van) ...

and so here it begins. steve and i, on a long journey to akdamar island in lake van (where there exists a terribly quaint and charming armenia church), we met an equally quaint travelling family fomr texas. father kevin, mother lisa, and two kids: colt ...

... nice to get out and walk around for an hour.  After the castle we had lunch and then headed out to Van lake to go see Akdamar island. This is an island that used to have an entire Armenian village but was abandoned in 1895.  Apparently when they left ...