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The Iğdır Plain from Tuzluca to Karakoyunlu

A driving route across the Iğdır Plain: the Tuzluca Salt Cave, which stays at about 12°C all year, the Ejder Caravanserai on the Batumi–Tabriz caravan route, the 43.5-meter Iğdır Genocide Monument and Museum, and the Karakoyunlu Open-Air Museum, which brings together ram-headed gravestones.

Estimated duration
~4 h 45 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~60 km
Getting around
By car
Stops
4 stops

Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.

Safety and caution

Located in a province near the border, the route consists only of points in district centers and on the main road; do not leave marked areas. Hours at the monument-museum and the cave may change; check the restoration status of the Ejder Caravanserai in advance.

Route map

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Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Stops

  1. 1

    Start

    Cave

    Tuzluca Salt Cave (Salt Therapy Center)

    Tuzluca, Iğdır

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  2. 2

    ~28 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Han and caravanserai

    Ejder Caravanserai (Harmandöven Caravanserai)

    Merkez, Iğdır

    ~27.72 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

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  3. 3

    ~23 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Monument and statue

    Iğdır Genocide Monument and Museum (Soykırım Anıt-Müzesi)

    Merkez, Iğdır

    ~23.37 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

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  4. 4

    ~9.1 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Museum

    Karakoyunlu Ram-Headed Gravestones Open-Air Museum

    Karakoyunlu, Iğdır

    ~9.07 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

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