Van Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Brrrr!!!!!!!! Its freezing. Im in Van (pop 420,000 - elevation 1750m) on the eastern shores of Lake Van and there are icicles underneath every awning and under every car bonet. I left Tatvan on the western shores of Lake Van and had hoped to výsit the ýsland church of Adkamar but by the týme I got there - up and over a huge snowcapped mt. there ...

Sunday 24 September Diyarbakir to Van. The day starts early with 4am drum call to herald the start of Ramadan. We are on our bus at 7am for our long journey to Van. We travel basically eastward again passing through Silvan, Bitlis and Talvan. Another section of roads with extenive reconstruction underway to convert the highway from 2 to 4 lanes....

What a difference a day makes! Glorious day, blue skies and bright sun, Akdamer Island here I come! The Dolomus driver charged me a very resonable 4 YTL the camp site over the road the dock to the Island had a very chatty proprýotor and within 2 hours of me getting there enough people had arrived from Van to fill one boat! Maybe the country is g...

My last message from Turkey I arrived in Van SE turkey on Saturday afternoon and got up early Sunday morning to get some photos of Van castle which is about 3 miles from the town centre. I went back to my hotel and got a minibus to Dogubayazit (nicknamed dogbiscuit) about 150km north and then another minibus to th Iranian border. Crossing at the...

There are a few things Van is known for. Van Golu - the large alkaline lake (apparently so much so that you can wash your clothes in with out soap!). Cats - cats with white fur and one green eye and one blue eye. But wait - there's more! They like swimming!!! Van Kalesi - huge ruin of the old fortress. We arrived pretty early from our shocker bu...