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Akdamar Hotel Van

Kazim Karabekir Cad 9 Van, Van, 65100, Turkey

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Vanmeer, middelpunt van de Oerartische beschaving

A travel blog entry by matini

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... en dat heeft nog gevolgen.

In de 9de. eeuw vC namen de Oerarteërs (verwant met de Hettieten?) de macht over en bestuurden het Rijk van Ararat -dat zich uitstrekte over het huidige Armenië, Irak, Iran en Turkije. Hun hoofdstad was Tushpa in de buurt van de stad Van.
Het Vanmeer is 7 maal groter dan het meer van Genève, is gelegen op een hoogte van 1719 m, is tot 470 m diep, alkalisch (zeepachtig) en omgeven door 4000 m hoge bergen.
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Castles, castles, castles.

A travel blog entry by alexgrange

... go through. We had to wait for an hour before our bus had been searched and came for us. We boarded again and drove less than 20 metres before we had to get out and go through the same thing on the Turkish side. Here lay the problem! Everybody on the bus was Iranian, except me. I was the only person who needed a visa, but the visa office was not open at that time in the morning. So more waiting ensued, not just for me, but for everyone on my bus. A border police ...

Van: The Pearl of the East

A travel blog entry by bumihills

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... a (rumored) monster making it a bit like Loch Ness in Scotland.

After our arrival we took a short hike to explore Van Kalesi (Castle), also known as the Rock of Van, an ancient Urartu fortress dating from the eighth century BC. We also visited the small Van museum to view its collection of Urartian exhibits, including gold and silver jewelry, bronze works, and terra cotta figures. One of the major acquisitions of the museum are 13 ...

Van - See, Katzen, Frühstück

A travel blog entry by anja281

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... sind wir zur Hosap Kale, einer Burg aus dem 17. Jh. gefahren, die von einem in der Region mächtigen, kurdischen Mann errichtet wurde. Leider ist nicht mehr sehr viel außer die Grundmauern und der Eingang erhalten geblieben.
Es folgte die Besichtigung einer Türbe, die einer Frau zu ehren errichtet wurde und einem alten und zugewachsenen Friedhof drumherum (der älteste der Region und zudem kurdisch). Dort habe ich auch meine erste türkische Libelle ...

To the shores of Van Golu

A travel blog entry by chagger1

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... outcrop high above. On nearby ridges were remnants of Urartian fortiications - mudbrick"dinosaur back" wall system and four towers. Hosap castle was built in 1643 by a Kurdish chieftan. Impressive main gateway,corkscrew ramp led to the upper ruins where we scrambled amongst the wildflowers & remnant walls to capture some great panoramas, all bathed in golden afternoon light.

We broke our return journey at Cavustepe to climb the ridge where once stood ...

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