Fortress / capital
Monuments & temples · Van
Tushpa (Van Fortress)
Capital of the kingdom of Urartu, on a long rock above the shore of Lake Van, with royal rock-cut tombs and inscriptions in cuneiform on the cliff.
Plan your visit
Time to allow
About 2 hours
For a first visit at an easy pace.
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.
From here
Sleep nearby
Van
4 km. The Urartian capital, Çavuştepe and Akdamar.
Next on the trip · Day 2
Ishak Pasha Palace
About 132 km as the crow flies. An Ottoman palace mixing Ottoman, Persian and Seljuk ideas, on a terrace above Doğubayazıt with Mount Ararat across the plain.
The whole trip
Lake Van to Ani
3 days, 5 places, Van to Kars.
Also nearby
- 20 kmÇavuştepe
Fortress, Urartian
- museumVan Museum
Urartian metalwork
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