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Kars city travel guide
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Kars on the furthest east side
of Turkey located in Eastern Turkey or East Anatolia this city has a
great high tourism potential in the area.
From the era of Saka
Scythian to our present days , history of the city reaches back to 9000
B.C. and have hosted numerous civilizations through out the history
made the area quite rich in culture and arts.
The
area in it's background history had mission of being a gate to Anatolia
and therefore it has been an important strategical , settlement and a
cultural center from Caucasus to Anatolia.
Kars on the other
hand is a very important tourism center. Sarikamis Ski Center
surrounded by rich quality forests around, is hosting it's visitors and
ski lovers with it's winter sports.
The carpet weaving and original design kilims is quite famous among the city's handcraft and arts.
Traditional
folklore dance and traditional dance is quite popular and famous in the
area. Besides Kars is also famous for folk literature and quite rich in
this aspect. This is the area where book of Dede Korkut was born and
spread all over the country.
Places to visit in Kars
Kars
Museum; The museum has the status of area museum has quite rich
materials such as stone artifacts, archeological and ethnographic works
are being displayed in this museum.
Castle of Kars; The history of the castle goes back to 10.Th
century which had been restored quite a few times, It has 3 main gates
on it's outdoor walls Gate of Sukapisi or Ceribasi , Kagizman and
Berham Gates.
Ani Ruins; The area located on the west cost of Arpa River and on the
historical Ancient Silk Road 42 km way from the city center is a
Middle Ages antique city. The archeological dig works going on in this
antique city since 1989, and this work had shown and found out plenty
of materials from Sassanian Empire Era and Ottoman Empires and many
other civilizations.
Taskopru (Stone Bridge) was constructed by III. Murat in 1579.
City
Walls; The walls firstly was established in 972 and had some additional
parts afterward. The Dragon Tower was used as a hospitals by Seljuq
Dynasty and is one of oldest hospital building in Anatolia.
Kumbet
Mosque (Disciples Church); The building was first established as a
church for 12 disciples in 932 - 937 and was turned into a mosque in
1579. It is an important historical artifacts which was also used as a
museum for a short while in past.
Grand Cathedral; The Architect of this structure is the architect
Tridat who repaired Saint Sophia Museum. The building was constructed
in 989 and completed in 1010.
Ebu Menucehr Mosque; The mosque was constructed in 1072 and it was the first Turkish Mosque of Anatolia.
Seljuks Dynasty Caravansary; This caravansary was established by
Seljuqs Dynasty in the beginning of 12.Th century and is located in Ani
Ruins.
Inkaya Micinkirt Castle; The castle was established by Saltuklu in
13.Th century has settlement areas around it from the time of Urartu .
Micingirt Tomb is a Seljuqs works from 14.Th century.
Surgutus
- Zivin Castle; It's being considered as it was established by Urartu
Dynasty for the first, and it's located on the east of Zivin Village.
Palaces; Seljuk Palace, and Beylerbeyi Palace.
Hamams and Baths; Ilbeyoglu Hamam, Mazlumaga Hamam.
Gazi
Ahmet Muhat Pasa Pavilion; The building with the architecture of
Ottoman Style from 19.Th century is located in Ortakoy District.
Sarikamis Ski Center; The winter sports center located in Camurlu
Mountain Cibiltepe, has quite nice racecourses, high snow quality and
has quite nice natural beauties.
Kurbanaga Caves; The caves
located in the area where Camuslu Village's Stone writings and pictures
were also found has some wall paintings and materials as old as from
10,000 B.C.
Cildir Lake the lake is located 1 hour away from city center is a sweet water lake.
Thermals and Spas; Selim Dolbentli Village Spa, Akyaka Thermal spa, Kagizman Thermal Spa and Susuz Thermal Spas.
Kars Provinces.
Selim, Akkaya, Sarikamis, Arpacay, Kagizman, Susuz and Digor.
Kars city pictures
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