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Van city travel guide
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Get some ideas about Van before you get here
We have regular trips to Van departed from many cities around the country as well as from Istanbul if you would like to have your tours organized as a private one please contact us otherwise you may select one of the small
grous tours that covers Van
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Van city, with a great history that goes back up to 5000 B.C. Where the
first settlement begins with Urartus 9.Th Century B.C. During that era,
the name of the city was Biane Or Biaina where the area was ruled by the
Medes, Persians, Parthians / Parthia, Byzantines, Sasanid Empire,
Seljuks, Karakoyunlu, Ak Koyunlu / Aq Qoyunlu , Turkmens, and Ottoman
Empire. Those gave a great history, artifacts and many other pieces of
arts / history and culture which makes the city quite rich in history
and a harmony of culture.
The city was conquered by the Russians
during the World War I. and was liberated in 1918, and turned into a
city during the declaration of republication of Turkey.
The
natural beauties, cultural and historical works / artifacts that covers
plenty of food prints from many great civilizations, transportation
resources, and regional traditions and customs it plays a great role on
the tourism of Turkey and is a great potential of tourist destinations.
Traditional
Van Houses are a must see in order to get a better idea of the
architecture structure of the city in a better way. The old Van City ,
stone streets, bazaars, Turkish Baths / Hamams, and with many other
historical and architectural constructions makes the city one of the
best example of the ancient architecture sample and displays a great
architecture of the Ottoman Empire for those to visit, or to live.
Van , improving hunting with a great range of animals, and sportive
fishing, mountaineering / mountain walking , hiking in Suphan Mountain,
natural walking and outdoor sports are quite popular in the area.
Van Cat, and the Kilims of Van are only some of the values of this city
which makes it a world wide famous hot spot, especially with the Cat of
Van City, that has different eye colors on each (sometimes one blue, the
other one green) and this takes attraction of tourist, and gets a lot
of local and foreigner tourist in the location.
Places to visit in Van City.
Van Museum was firstly began to construct in 1932, and was completely opened for visits in 1972.
It
is possible to see archeological pieces, ethnographic arts and works,
and many of the proofs, works, documentaries and other pieces that
proves that actually the Armenians were the ones who made the genocide
on Turkish People , which is an important witness to history.
Van city pictures
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