Erzurum Travel Guide

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Palandöken Skiing, the Old Town, and the Doğu Express. Erzurum is the eastern Anatolian winter capital. It is also the eastern terminus of one of the most-photographed train journeys in the country, the Doğu Express from Ankara , and the base for Türkiye's most serious ski resort, Palandöken. The city sits at 1,950 metres on a flat plateau ringed by mountains. Winters are long and cold. Summers are short but pleasant. The Seljuk and Ottoman heritage, particularly the thirteenth-century twin-minaret madrasa, gives the old town a distinct architectural identity you do not see further west. Five chapters below cover the city, the ski resort, the train journey, and what to do outside the winter season. And if you want to see these places in motion before you go, there are a few of our own films from the region further down the page. Stone architecture and the twin minarets. 1 min read The Çifte Minareli Medrese (Twin Minaret Madrasa) is the architectural anchor of Erzurum's old town. Built in the second half of the 13th century, the stone facade and twin minarets are some of the finest surviving Seljuk-era decorative work in the country. Around the madrasa, the old town contains the Üç Kümbetler (three Seljuk tombs), several restored Ottoman houses, and a bazaar district where the city's traditional crafts, oltu taşı jet jewellery in particular, are still produced and sold. Allow a half-day. The architecture rewards slow walking.

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