Kırmızı Köprü carries the Bahçesaray-Hizan road over the Müküs stream, and it is still sound and in use.
When it was built is not known. The provincial directorate estimates the sixteenth or seventeenth century from the pattern of building work in the area rather than from any inscription.
The bridge runs east to west and belongs to the group whose single-span roadway rises to a slope. Its one arch is pointed and built of brick; the walls are of roughly dressed stone. A room stands at either side of it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Van as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -3 °C in January to 22.4 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in April (55 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1939-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
