Ishak Pasha Palace

UNESCO Tentative ListOttoman (18th century)5 km from Doğubayazıt

An Ottoman palace mixing Ottoman, Persian and Seljuk ideas, on a terrace above Doğubayazıt with Mount Ararat across the plain. It is on Türkiye’s UNESCO Tentative List.

Plan the visit Its place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow

About 1–2 hours

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in

Doğubayazıt

5 km away as the crow flies, so allow more on the road.

On a trip

Lake Van to Ani

Day 2 of 3.

Hours and tickets

Check before you go

Opening hours and prices change: see muze.gov.tr (opens in a new tab).

Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.

Its place in history

Read the chapter before you go.

1071–1922Seljuk and OttomanAfter the battle of Manzikert in 1071 the Seljuks settled Anatolia and made Konya their capital, with caravanserais along the trade roads.

From here

Sleep nearby

Doğubayazıt

5 km. Ishak Pasha Palace under Mount Ararat.

Next on the trip · Day 3

Ani

About 120 km as the crow flies. A medieval Armenian capital of churches and walls on a plateau above the Arpaçay gorge, on today’s border with Armenia.

The whole trip

Lake Van to Ani

3 days, 5 places, Van to Kars.

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