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Lake Van

Turkey's largest lake, a vast salty inland sea ringed by mountains, with the Armenian church on Akdamar Island.

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Price
Free
Time Needed
Full day

Why Go

Turkey's largest lake, a vast salty inland sea ringed by mountains, with the Armenian church on Akdamar Island.

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Turkey's highest peak, the traditional landing place of Noah's Ark.

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Giant stone heads on a mountaintop at sunrise.

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Trabzon

About 232 miles away

A Black Sea port city, with Sumela Monastery clinging to a cliff in the forest nearby.

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