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Kars: Baltic architecture and museums

A walk tracing the 19th–20th-century layer of Kars: the Caucasus Front War History Museum at Kanlı Tabya, the Fethiye Mosque, built as a church in the Russian period, the Baltic-style streets of Yusufpaşa–Ortakapı, the Kars Railway Station dated 1899, and the Kars Museum, displaying finds from Ani.

Estimated duration: ~4 h 30 min
Straight-line distance (estimate): ~3.9 km
Getting around: Walking
Stops: 5 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

Most of the Baltic buildings are public buildings or private property; view the façades from the street. Some reenactments in the War History Museum may be intense for young children. The total walk is ~4 km.

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

Stops

1
Start
Museum
Caucasian Front War History Museum (Kanlı Tabya)
Merkez, Kars
View place
2
~1.2 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Fethiye Mosque
Merkez, Kars
~1.16 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place
3
~780 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Historic street and neighborhood
Baltic Architecture Streets (Yusufpaşa–Ortakapı)
Merkez, Kars
~0.78 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place
4
~1 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Architecture
Kars Railway Station
Merkez, Kars
~1.03 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place
5
~970 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Museum
Kars Museum
Merkez, Kars
~0.97 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place

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