Eastern Turkey

Eastern Turkey
Why the East? Eastern Turkey boasts a region with a colorful history and rich cultural heritage. The Eastern Anatolia region with fascinating nature and treasured historial monuments that borders Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Places no one should miss; Mount Ararat- a supposed resting place of Noah’s Ark, the breathtaking Ishak Pasha Palace, the statues of Nemrud Dagi National Park this where 1st century BC, King Antiochus built a tomb-like monument for himself atop the 2,134 meter high mountain and is now named as one of the UNESCO World Heritage site, Harran, Hasankeyf, Lake Van, Kars and Trabzon are just a few of what is more to be explored.

We have posted a sample tour to experience Eastern Turkey. Several more are available.

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Discover Eastern Turkey

This is a comprehensive tour covering the major sites in Eastern Turkey, a diversity of landscapes and a glimpse of human history from Biblical times to the present day. Mt. Nemrut with its monuments of an ancient megalomaniac; Urfa, birthplace of the Prophet Abraham; Hasankeyf, soon to be lost under the flood waters of a new dam on the river Tigris; Van with its 3000 year old Urartian fortress; and Ishak Pasha’s pleasure palace in Dogubayazit overlooking the Plains of Ararat.  
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Harbor Hopping

This is an in-depth tour of the Gallipoli peninsula, the site of a major World War battle.
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