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Central Tunceli: from Uzunçayır to Gola Çetu

A short route around the city center: the Uzunçayır Dam Lake on the Munzur Stream, the Tunceli Museum in a historic barracks building with halls on archaeology, ethnography and faith culture, and Gola Çetu, where the Munzur and Pülümür streams meet, considered sacred in the Alevi faith.

Estimated duration
~3 h 15 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~7.4 km
Getting around
By car
Stops
3 stops

Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.

Safety and caution

Gola Çetu is a sacred place of visit; show respect to those praying and making offerings, and note that the layout of the site may have changed. Follow local warnings regarding swimming and boating on the dam lake. The route consists only of points in the city center.

Route map

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Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Stops

  1. 1

    Start

    Reservoir and pond

    Uzunçayır Dam Lake

    Merkez, Tunceli

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  2. 2

    ~6.7 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Museum

    Tunceli Museum

    Merkez, Tunceli

    ~6.71 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

    View place
  3. 3

    ~650 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Faith

    Gola Çetu

    Merkez, Tunceli

    ~0.65 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

    View place

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