Kars and Eastern Express Tour from Trabzon

EASTERN EXPRESS KARS ERZURUM TOUR FROM RIZE

Ezgi Turizm, the pioneer and leader agency in Black Sea Cultural Tours, is here again with an excellent program we have prepared for you with the Eastern Express Kars Erzurum Tour departing from Rize and Hopa...

Transportation from Rize to Kars by road....

Train journey from Kars to Erzurum with Eastern Express

Kars city center and streets

Ani Ruins, the capital of cultures

Sleigh ride on frozen Çıldır Lake (May vary depending on weather and snow conditions)

Erzurum houses that smell of history

Historical Double Minarets Madrassas

Erzurum Rize Transportation by road.

Famous Cağ Kebab and Stuffed Kadayif

      EASTERN EXPRESS KARS TOUR FROM RIZE HOPA

          DAY 1: ÇILDIR LAKE, ANI RUINS, KARS

Dear guests, for the Eastern Express Kars Erzurum Tour with Departures from Rize and Hopa, the Eastern Express Tour starts after meeting you with our latest model vehicles and friendly staff at 03:00 in front of Rize Central PTT and at 04:00 at the Artvin Hopa Erzurum road junction. The first stop of our trip is Çıldır Lake. After having our breakfast at Arpaçay Log Houses located at the zero point of Çıldır Lake; We do not forget to take a short tour on the frozen Çıldır Lake with sleds pulled by horses and enjoy taking photos. After our Sleigh Tour, next will be the Ani Ruins, which have been frequently mentioned in history as the city with 1001 Churches, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, and served as the capital of the Armenians. This settlement is historical, built on the banks of the Arpaçay River, which forms our border with Armenia, hosted a population of 50 thousand people a thousand years ago, but today it looks like a ruin. While the magnificent view of the churches and cathedrals built with volcanic stones on the snow fascinates us, the Anatolian history of the Turks We will immortalize our memory with beautiful photographs accompanied by the panoramic view of the Arpaçay River and the Armenian border from the Ebu-Turks. l Menucehr Mosque, the first mosque they built in Turkey. After visiting important historical monuments such as Keseli Church, Illustrated Church, Great Cathedral Fethiye Mosque, Walls, Arslanlı Gate, Ebu-L Menuchr Mosque, we will end our tour of Ani Ruins by stretching the Seljuk Palace from the outside and move to Kars city centre. Our first stop in Kars, one of the most beautiful spots of the Eastern Express Tour, is the Fethiye Mosque, which was built as a church during the occupation of the Russians and was converted into a mosque after the recapture of Kars. Then we move on to the Church of the Apostles and the Kümbet Mosque. After seeing and photographing a thousand-year-old building that stands out with its 12 Apostles Symbol on its exterior and was used as a church and a mosque in other periods, we will go to Kars Castle. At this point, where the whole of Kars is under our feet with its panoramic view, we warm ourselves up with the tea we drink and visit the Lovers' House, which will help us get to know the Kars Culture more closely. The Kars Tour is completed and we settle in our hotel for dinner and accommodation.

2. GUNS EAST EXPRESS TRAIN TRAVEL, ERZURUM

After breakfast, we take the Eastern Express from Kars Train Station to Erzurum at 08:00 in the morning. The wagon will be a Pullman wagon. We arrive in Erzurum after our approximately 4-hour train journey, taking lots of videos and photos that will embellish your memories. After saying goodbye to the train at Erzurum Train Station, we start our tour after tasting our lunch with the Famous Cağ Kebab and stuffed kadayıf menu. We start visiting Erzurum, the largest city in Eastern Anatolia, where the foundations of the national struggle, national unity and independence movement were laid. Our first stop is to visit the Çifte Minerali Madrasa, also called "Hatuniye Madrasa" because it may have been built by Hundi Hatun, the daughter of the Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat, or by Padişah Hatun from the Ilkhanid dynasty, and then we see the Ulu Mosque, Yakutiye Madrasa and Old Erzurum Houses, respectively. Free time will be given. We bid farewell to Erzurum and depart for return at 18:00. Arrival in Rize at 23:00, arrival in Artvin Hopa at 24:00. See you with Ezgi Turizm on another Eastern Express Kars Erzurum Tour... goodbye Stay at Ezgi Turizm..

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Eastern Express Kars Erzurum Tour