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Travel to Tatvan, visa requirements / by train / by boat / Get around / Tatvan attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Tatvan souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Tatvan nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Contact / Get outTatvan is a town in Eastern Anatolia, located on the western shore of Lake Van, which is the largest lake in Turkey.
Travel to Tatvan - Visa Requirements
by train
Vangölü Ekspresi (‘Lake Van Express’) departs Istanbul’s Asian station (Haydarpasa) twice a week and arrives in Tatvan station after a 42-hr journey. This train also calls at a number of cities and towns across Asian Turkey, including Eskişehir, Ankara, Kayseri, Sivas, Malatya, and Elazig among others. Inter Rail pass is accepted in this train. See Turkish railway authority’s website.
by boat
Train ferries connect Tatvan with Van, a quite big city located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. These ferries accept pessengers no matter whether they have a connecting train ticket or not.
Tours and Getting around Tatvan
Tatvan tourist attractions and sightseeing
Tatvan city tours
Tatvan souvenirs and shopping
Tatvan Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Tatvan nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Tatvan cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
Contact
The telephone code of Tatvan is 434 (+90 434 when calling from out of Turkey).
Get out
Erzurum to the north; Malatya to the west; Diyarbakir, Hasankeyf, and South-eastern Anatolia to the southwest; Van to the east, across the lake. If you have your passport ready with a visa, why not try moving on further east to Iran?
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