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🏰 Van Castle and Museum: Understanding Tushpa while Planning around the Museum Closure Van Castle offers a view of the rock on which Tushpa, capital of the kingdom of Urartu, stood, and a chance to compare the elevated site with the old city and lake. Combining it with Van Museum currently...

In Van, breakfast may become the day’s most important appointment: small dishes invite comparison, bread arrives at the table, and tea accompanies a long conversation. Yet the pleasure comes from more than the number of plates. It lies in knowing what deserves a bite of its own, what suits...

The university's Van Cat House. Van combines the life of a contemporary city with an identity shaped by its lake, food and education. That character comes through in its markets and cafés, a university offering a wide range of subjects, and a breakfast table that has become one of the...

🌊 Van: The Pearl of the East and Its Legendary Lake Van is one of eastern Türkiye’s best-known visitor destinations, celebrated for its scenery, vast lake and heritage stretching back thousands of years. The city brings together a distinctive eastern Anatolian culture and memorable natural...

📍 Location and introduction Van lies in Eastern Türkiye beside Lake Van (Van Gölü), a large saline and alkaline lake. The city's striking surroundings are matched by a history reaching back more than 3,000 years to the Urartian civilisation. 🏞️ Landscape and landmarks The lake's blue and...