Eastern Anatolia - Discover Turkey: Experience the Best of Turkey - page 660

Breakfasts of Champions
Van is famed for its tasty kahvaltı (breakfast). Skip your usually bland hotel breakfast and head to pedestrianised
Eski Sümerbank Sokak, also called 'Kahvaltı Sokak' (Breakfast St). Here, a row of eateries specialises in full Turk-
ish breakfasts ( " 12 to " 15).
On summer mornings the street heaves with punters sampling local cheese, honey from the highlands, olives,
kaymak (clotted cream), butter, tomatoes, cucumbers and sucuklu yumurta (omelette with sausage).
Car
Avis ( 214 6375; www.avis.com.tr ; Cumhuriyet Caddesi) , near the tourist office, rents cars for
about " 100 per day. Other rental agencies line Cumhuriyet Caddesi.