ancient ruins
Ani Ruins
The haunting UNESCO ruins of a once-great medieval Armenian capital on the Turkish-Armenian border, known as the City of 1,001 Churches.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Kars Province, Turkey · Asia
Kars sits on the route: 25 minutes from Susuz, 42km from Ani Ruins.
Kars is a town located in Kars Province, Turkey. With a population of 91,450, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Kars sits in Turkey, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Istanbul time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kars to your route.
Kars (Armenian: Կարս or Ղարս; Azerbaijani: Qars; Kurdish: Qers; Georgian: ყარსი, romanized: q'arsi; Russian: Карс) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District. As of 2022, its population was 91,450. Kars, in classical historiography (Strabo), was in the ancient region known asRead more
Chorzene (Greek: Χορζηνή), part of the province of Ayrarat in the Kingdom of Armenia, and later the capital of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia from 929 to 961. Currently, the mayor of Kars is Ötüken Senger. The city had an Armenian ethnic majority until it was recaptured by Turkish nationalist forces in late 1920.
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Kars is located in Kars Province, Turkey, Asia. The coordinates are 40.5983 latitude, 43.0855 longitude.
Kars has a population of approximately 91,450 people, making it a town in Turkey.
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ancient ruins
The haunting UNESCO ruins of a once-great medieval Armenian capital on the Turkish-Armenian border, known as the City of 1,001 Churches.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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A 123 sq km lake at 1,959m near the Georgian and Armenian borders that freezes solid each winter, when locals run horse-drawn sledges across the ice and pull fish through drilled holes. Bleak and treeless the rest of the year.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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