Short Trip to Eastern Anatolia; Third and Last Stop: Erzurum

In my two previous articles I wrote about Van and Dogubeyazit/Agri

Now we reached our third and last stop, Erzurum.

Erzurum has always been an important city from Armenians to Byzantine, Seljuks to Ottomans. Nowadays this historical city is well-known for its winter sports in Turkey. As it is situated 1757 meters above sea level, skiing the most popular activity for local tourists.

When we were in Erzurum, the winter seasons had just closed. There were no many tourist and prices of the hotels were below average. So we decided to stay in a hotel (Renaissance Polat Erzurum Hotel) close to Palandoken Mountain ski routes. It was a nice hotel, but if you have no car it may not be comfortable to visit the city. If you visit Erzurum during winter time and would like to ski, there are chairlifts in the courtyard of the hotel.

From the hotel

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Short Trip to Eastern Anatolia; Second Stop: Ağrı / Doğubeyazıt

This article is the second part of our trip to Eastern Anatolia. To read the first part, please click here: First stop: Van.

After visiting our last stop, Van Cat House, we headed to the Ağrı’s famous town Doğubeyazıt. During the trip we took two breaks. One was in Şeytan Köprüsü (Devil’s Bridge), the other one was in Muradiye Şelalesi (Muradiye Waterfall). Both were in Muradiye village of Van, close to the Ağrı’s border.

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Short Trip to Eastern Anatolia; First Stop: Van

Finally I will write some articles about Turkey again. I was planning to write about southern Turkey, but for now I will postpone it and will share the notes of our recent trip to the Eastern Anatolia.

This year, I and my family decided to visit the eastern part of Turkey. As we were travailing with our baby, we would like to choose some quiet cities to visit. At the end we visited 3 cities in 5 days: Van, Ağrı and Erzurum. I will divide my notes of in three articles, one for each city. So, our first stop is Van.

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