Mediterranean · Plate code 32
Isparta
Isparta, at the heart of the Lakes Region, is famous for its rose fields and rose oil. The town on the shore of Lake Eğirdir, Pisidian Antioch where St Paul preached and Yazılı Canyon in Sütçüler are its highlights.
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© Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0Nature · Eğirdir
Lake Eğirdir
One of Türkiye's largest freshwater lakes, with a peninsula town on its shore.
© Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0Historic · Yalvaç
Pisidian Antioch
The ancient city where St Paul preached.
© Anadolugezmeni · CC BY-SA 4.0Nature · Sütçüler
Yazılı Canyon
A canyon with a trail along a clear stream in a forested valley.
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Highlights
Places
Lake Eğirdir
Rose fields
Mount Davraz
Yazılı Canyon
Tastes
Oven kebab
Local food and products
- Product
Roses and rose oil
Oil-bearing roses picked in May and June become rose oil and rose water.
- Dish
Oven kebab
Lamb cooked in pit ovens.
- Product
Isparta carpets
Also known for its hand-woven carpets.
When to go
Late May and June is the rose harvest. Summer is lovely by the lake, and winter suits the Davraz ski resort.
Getting there
- Airports
- Isparta Süleyman Demirel Havalimanı (ISE)
- Bus terminal
- Isparta bus terminal has regular buses to Eğirdir and Yalvaç.