Eastern Anatolia · Plate code 76
Iğdır
Iğdır lies on the northern foot of Mount Ağrı, on a plain watered by the Aras River. Thanks to a climate milder than the rest of the region, its apricots are famous, and the view of the mountain from this side is striking.
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© efalp00 · CC BY-SA 4.0Nature · Tuzluca
Tuzluca Salt Caves
Salt galleries turned from old salt workings into a place to visit.
© mhasras · CC BY 3.0Historic · Merkez
Ejder Caravanserai
A stone caravanserai on an old caravan route at the foot of Mount Ağrı.
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Nature · Tuzluca
Aras Bird Paradise
A wetland on the Aras River where bird-ringing research is carried out.
© Ds02006 · Public domainMuseum · Merkez
Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum
A monument of five giant swords at the entrance to the city, with a museum below.
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Highlights
Places
Aras Bird Paradise
Mount Ararat view
Tastes
Iğdır apricots
Local food and products
- Product
Iğdır apricot
Large apricots grown in the mild climate of the plain.
When to go
Spring and summer; the apricot harvest is in summer.
Getting there
- Airports
- Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı (IGD)
- Bus terminal
- Iğdır bus terminal has services to Kars, Ağrı, Doğubayazıt and Erzurum.