Winery · Van

Lake Van Island Monastery Vineyards

At 1,800m altitude above Lake Van, the Urartians planted wine grapes 2,800 years ago; today a new generation resurrects Eastern Anatolia's oldest wine tradition with vineyards overlooking Armenian monasteries.

What to do there

AdventureLake Van Island Monastery VineyardsTake a boat to Akdamar Island in Lake Van to see the 10th-century Armenian cathedral surrounded by abandoned monastery vineyards. The monks produced sacramental wine here for 1,000 years.