Kars Van Tour with Airplane Eastern Express (Flight Round-Trip...

Lake Van Boat Trip, Van Breakfast, Van Castle, Akdamar Island Tour

Flight detail:

After meeting at the Pegasus Counter of Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 05:45 and Check-In for the Erzurum Flight PC-2500, which will take off at 07:45, after approximately 2 hours of flight,

Our famous Van Breakfast treat by the side of Lake Van, which the local people call the Van Sea. Then we will go to Akdamar Island with a boat tour on Van Lake, which has salty and soda water. We will visit the 10th century church built in the name of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island, which is the second largest island of Van's Gevaş district. We will visit the Van Castle, formerly Tuspa. We will pass through the castle gates and historical walls and photograph the Rock Tombs of the Urartian Kings. After a tea and coffee break in historical places, we will go to the Cat House. After the photo shoot with the Van Cats, we will visit the workshops where hand-woven carpets unique to the Van region are made. Transfer to our hotel with the sunset. Dinner and accomodation in our hotel.

Muradiye Waterfall, Dogubayazit, Ishakpasa Palace, Mount Ararat, Ka

After our open buffet breakfast at our hotel, we will move to Muradiye Waterfall at the foot of Tendürek Mountain. After a photo break at the waterfall, we will set off for Doğubayazıt on the Iranian border. In İshakpaşa Palace, which has become the symbol of Eastern Anatolia, we will photograph stone-carved rooms and monumental doors, with a unique view overlooking the whole plain. Afterwards, we will have a short break for the view of Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest mountain with an altitude of 5137 meters, and a photo shoot. In the city tour we will do on foot in Kars, which we arrive through Iğdır and Digor; We will see buildings built with a grid plan during the Russian occupation, churches, mosques, Ottoman baths, Iron Bridge, Kars Castle, and the house of one of our famous poets, Namık Kemal, in the Taht Düzü region. We will visit the Bloody Bastion Sarıkamış Martyrs Museum and feel the spirit of that period in interactive halls. Of course, when we say Kars, we will learn about the production of Kars Cheddar and Gruyere Cheese produced in the villages of Malakan and Boğatepe, and we will taste it. Those who wish will be able to shop from organic products. After dinner at our restaurant at the end of the day, we will stay at our hotel.

ALL INCLUSIVE
Breakfast: Buffet in our hotel included in the price
Lunch: Local menu in Doğu Bayazıt included in the price
Shopping: Old Kars Kashkaval, Gruyere Cheese
Dinner:  Set menu at our hotel
Museum Ruins Entrances:  Ishakpasa Palace Entrance, Bloody Bastion Sarikamis Martyrdom Museum Entrance
Accommodation included in the price :  Sapran Deluxe Hotel / Arifoğlu Airport Hotel / Işık Hotel - Kars etc.
 

Ani Ruins, Fishing Safari in the Frozen Çıldır Lake

After our open buffet breakfast at our hotel, we will go to the Ani Ruins on the Armenian border, which is on the UNESCO WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE list. In Ani, which is also known as the "City of 1001 Churches", where you will get the impression of a living city today, We'll see many monasteries, chapels and mausoleums belonging to Georgian Armenians, Ebu-l Menucehr Mosque, the first mosque in Anatolia, a Zoroastrian Ateşdege belonging to the Persian civilization. After our Ani Ruins tour, we move to Çıldır Lake. We will watch the fishing safari made by breaking the ice in the frozen Çıldır Lake at approximately 2000 meters and eat the caught fish. Then we will go sledding on the lake. After a pleasant day, we will return to our hotel. After the rest, we will go to our restaurant for dinner and caucasian night entertainment. After the entertainment, we will stay at our hotel.

Caucasian Night Entertainment: We will see the most beautiful examples of folk dances of the Caucasian culture, where the boys dance as if they are flying in the air and the girls are dancing as if they are floating on water, we will keep rhythm and have fun.
Lovers' Conflict: We will watch the poets discussing a subject in the Anatolian minstrel culture with the compositions and lyrics produced at that moment.

Traveling with the Eastern Express, Erzurum, Oltu Taş, Cağ Kebab, İ

After our open buffet breakfast at our hotel, we will go to Kars station for a pleasant and nostalgic train journey. On our journey, which hosts the most beautiful views of the Eastern Express and the Eastern Express, you will be under the influence of the fascinating landscape that will welcome you as you climb the Allahu Akbar Mountains. We will see Sarıkamış, where we lost 90 thousand martyrs in the Allahu Akbar Mountains, with a panoramic view and reach Erzurum after our journey. In Erzurum, the highest city of Turkey, which hosted the Winter Olympics and shaped the War of Independence with Nene Hatun and its Congress, We will visit and see the Congress building, the Yakutiye Madrasa decorated with tiles, the Ulu Mosque, famous for its ceiling work, the Double Minaret Madrasa and Three Cupolas, one of the symbols of Erzurum. During our trip, we will taste cag kebab for lunch. We will visit Erzurum houses, one of the most beautiful historical Anatolian houses, and enjoy tea. We will visit the Historical Taşhan, where oltu stone workshops are located, and shop for rosaries, necklaces, etc. After our trip,

Flight detail:
18:00 Departure to Erzurum Airport. Arrival in Istanbul after a 2-hour flight after Check-In for Flight PC-2553 to Istanbul, which will take off at 20:30.