Ski Resorts

Turkey may not be the obvious ski destination, but it does have a number of winter sports resorts, generally located in forested mountains of average height. The core season is from January to March. The following ski centers are easily accessible by road or Turkish Airlines domestic flights:

Erciyes: 25km (15 miles) from Kayseri (Cappadocia); Koroglu: on the Istanbul-Ankara highway, 50km (30 miles) from Bolu and the Black Sea coast; Palandoken: 5km (4 miles) from Erzurum (central-eastern Anatolia); Saklikent: 48km (30 miles) north of Antalya, in the Bakirli Dagi mountain range (Mediterranean Coast); Sarikamis: near Kars (far eastern Anatolia); Uludag: 36km (22 miles) south of Bursa (Marmara).