Tunceli

Tunceli

Things to do in Tunceli;

First day

You have to use the highway to reach Tunceli. Because the closest airport to the city is in Elazig. After arriving in Elazig with a 1.5-hour flight from Istanbul and a 1-hour flight from Ankara, a 20-minute ferry ride over the Keban Dam Lake by minibuses departing every half hour during the day, accompanied by the view of the historical Pertek Castle on an island today. you reach the town. This 75 km journey between Elazig and Tunceli will take you approximately 1.5 hours. After arriving at your accommodation in Tunceli, you first see the Gole Çeto Visit, located at the junction of Munzur Suyu and Pülümür Suyu, in the city center, then visit the Cem Evi, located just above this place, to get information about the beliefs, rituals and behaviors of the local people. You can make observations and take photos in front of the view where two waters meet. After visiting the Cem House, you can take a break in Örenönü Nature Park, 3 km from the city, on the Pulumur Road, and meet your need for rest and eating and drinking in natural beauties. After completing this part of the tour, it will take you about 2 hours to visit the "Tunceli Museum", one of the must-see places, after returning to the city center and taking a tea break. The museum, which has been converted from a barracks to a museum and includes sections on archeology, ethnography, faith and recent history, will be an interesting sightseeing stop. After leaving here, you can buy honey, cheese, dried fruit, dried fruit, cultivar seeds, etc. from the shops selling local food products on the narrow street in the city center. you can buy products, then start resting for the second day.

The second day

After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast, a journey full of adventure awaits you in the Munzur Valley, accompanied by Munzur Water, with unique natural landscapes. After taking a short break at the place called Ana Fatma Visit, right on the edge of Munzur Stream on the seventh km of Ovacık Road, you will want to stop frequently during your journey in Munzur Valley National Park, because every beauty you will see will take you to a different spiritual realm. In some places, the violent flow of the water, in some places waterfalls, in some places beautiful wild flowers, in some places, if you are lucky, you will see mountain goats, squirrels and foxes. After a 1-1.5 hour journey full of exquisite natural beauties, you will arrive in Ovacik district, 65 km from the city. Depending on the season, you can ski at the ski facility in the district center with a chair lift and teleski, and in summer you can experience the excitement of mountain sledding. After quenching your hunger in the restaurants that serve food made from the fat and meat of animals fed in a completely natural environment in the district center, you can go to Gözeler, which is 15 km away from the town where the main source of Munzur Water is located. After learning Munzur Baba Legend, you can make a wish by lighting your kindling in the caves, which are also a sacred place, and then, according to the legend, you can visit and see the wells formed by the waters gushing like milk from every spilled place as the container in which Munzur Baba put the milk that he milked, and you can be included in the world of the legend.