Turkey Guide
Lake Van and the southeast
Muradiye waterfalls
The Muradiye waterfalls are signed on the west side of the main Doğubeyazıt road, some 20km north of the junction with the road from Tatvan and past the village of Muradiye, and are entered via a car park with ticket booth (1YTL). A wooden bridge gives good views of the frothing twenty-metre falls, and leads to a large café and kebab house on the far bank. From here there are riverside walks along the stream and through cool poplar woods. One kilometre south of the falls is an old bridge known as Şeytan Köprüsü (Devil's Bridge), spanning the deep gorge. The valley channels birds migrating north from Lake Van and hundreds of species, some rare, can be observed during a short period in May. In May/June, the fields around also contain two stunning examples of the region's flora – a huge chocolate-and-white coloured iris and a brilliant red phelepya.