'''Tatvan''' is a town in Eastern Anatolia, located on the western shore of Lake Van, which is the largest lake in Turkey.
Get in
by train
''Vangolu Ekspresi'' (_eLake Van Express_f) departs Istanbul_fs Asian station (Haydarpasa) twice a week and arrives in Tatvan station after a 42-hr journey. This train also calls at a number of cities and towns across Asian Turkey, including Eski?ehir, Ankara, Kayseri, Sivas, Malatya, and Elazig among others. Inter Rail pass is accepted in this train. See [http://www.tcdd.org.tr Turkish railway authority_fs website].
by boat
Train ferries connect Tatvan with Van, a quite big city located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. These ferries accept pessengers no matter whether they have a connecting train ticket or not.
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Contact
The telephone code of Tatvan is '''434''' (+90 434 when calling from out of Turkey).
Get out
Erzurum to the north; Malatya to the west; Diyarbakir, Hasankeyf, and South-eastern Anatolia to the southwest; Van to the east, across the lake. If you have your passport ready with a visa, why not try moving on further east to Iran?
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