Kızıl Kilise

Miles from anywhere, the 10th-century Kızıl Kilise is one of eastern Turkey's most complete Armenian village churches. Now used as a barn, the building uses a beautiful combination of red and black stone and its squat central tower with conical roof and slender windows make it easy to spot if you manage to get yourself all the way to Yağkesen (Kızılvenk) village. As the crow flies that's about 15km north of Ani, but by road it's almost double.