Ardahan is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It's the capital of Ardahan Province in the extreme northeast Turkey, bordering both Georgia (connected with which by the Türkgözü border post), and Armenia (no border crossing).

Understand

With a population of lower than 20,000, Ardahan is one of the smallest cities in the country that has the distinction of being a provincial seat.

Summers are mild to warm with frequent afternoon showers, while winters are extremely cold, with temperatures near-constantly below -10°C.

Get in

The 1 Ardahan bus station (Ardahan otogar). (updated Jul 2024) is on the south of the city next to the main road.

Ardahan is on the road from Kars to Artvin (near the Black Sea coast).

Minibus from Kars at 08:00, 09:00, 10:00 everyday. 15 TL, 1 hr 30 min.

The bus from Posof leaves around 10:00 (150 TL, 2 hr).

Get around

The city is relatively small. There are several taxis in town.

Do

Lake Çıldır

1 Lake Çıldır (Çıldır Gölü) (60 km east). A relatively popular attraction in the area, especially in winter, when horse-drawn sleighs are available for a tour over the frozen lake. (updated Dec 2021)

Connect

Many hotels and cafés offer free Wi-Fi.

Go next

Daily bus at 12:30PM to Artvin, Hopa (35 TL) and Trabzon (45 TL).

Routes through Ardahan

Rize ← Hopa ( N ) ← Artvin ( S) ←	W  E	→ Ends at near Kars
Akhaltsikhe ← Türkgözü/Vale ←	N  S	→ Kars → Horasan → Ends at (W E)