aras valley

Çamuşlu rock art in the countryside around Kağızman. Kağızman, Digor and Arpaçay reveal different aspects of rural Kars: orchards in the Aras Valley, stone monuments in deep valleys, and villages among open upland pastures. They reward a route with two or three carefully chosen stops and enough...

The historic Çobandede Bridge. East of Erzurum lies a belt of plains and towns shaped by the Aras River, farming and ancient routes. Pasinler, Köprüköy and Horasan reveal another side of the province: fields between mountains, local centres serving the countryside, and monuments explaining the...