Tuşba
Tuşba is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.
Tuşba is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301 (2022). The district Tuşba was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district İpekyolu. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name Tuşba refers to Tushpa, the capital of the 1st millennium BC Urartu kingdom which was situated in Van.
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Worth seeing in and around Tuşba
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rusahinili
Rusahinili Rusa I)", modern Toprakkale, is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey. The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from Germany, the United Kingdom, and other countries.
2.7 km · modern Toprakkale, Turkey, is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tuşba
- Airports
- Nakhchivan (NAJ), 190 km · Zvartnots (EVN), 199 km · Tabriz (TBZ), 248 km
- Nakhchivan → TuşbaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Ganja → Tuşba352 km · quickest by road, 12h 40m · $55–75
- Baku → Tuşba597 km · quickest by road, 13h 13m · $60–85
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tuşba
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tuşba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThey leave Tehran W & Su at 12:30 for Tabriz at 01:30, then four hours of border procedures at Razi / Kapıköy, to arrive at Van ferry pier at 11:00.
- Get inThis is the main station, the ferry pier is not shown as a separate station.
- Get inFerries across the lake from Tatvan sail infrequently and irregularly and take 4 hours.
- Get aroundFor the castle and museum take a dolmuş signed "Kale", which means castle but also refers to the sprawling suburb north of it.
- Get aroundA dolmuş ride costs 20 TL in 2025, pay the driver as you get in.
From Wikivoyage: Van, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Tuşba
Tuşba is 5 km from Van, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Vancity in Turkey2.3 km