The City of Lakes: Burdur

A city that combines the history of ancient civilizations and the charm of natural lakes simultaneously, to amaze visitors with the most beautiful scenery of its kind, where scattered throughout the monuments and landmarks tell the stories of the former, and includes lakes are the most beautiful in the world to delight the viewers.

It is the city of Burdur or home of the lakes, located in the southwestern part of Turkey, bordered on the north by Denizli and Afyon, and on the east by the city of Isparta, and on the south by Mugla and Antalya. 

The climate of Burdur city is a continental Mediterranean climate, as it is located on the Mediterranean Sea, where it is cold in winter, with heavy snow, but the summer is very hot and dry, the longest in the seasons.

Burdur is located in the lakes region of Turkey, which increases the beauty and attractiveness of tourism, where you find many wonderful and distinctive lakes of different sizes that are not without visitors and tourists, the largest and most wonderful, "Burdur" Lake and named after the state, where the area of Burdur Lake is two hundred and fifty square kilometers and its maximum depth is about one hundred and ten meters. The lake's water level fluctuates. This lake is an important wetland for many species of birds, which led to the stability of large numbers of birds around the lake, giving it more beauty and brilliance.

Salda Lake is the second largest lake in the state and is one of the cleanest lakes in the world. The lake covers an area of 45 km and has a depth of about 184 meters, making it one of the deepest if not the deepest lakes in Turkey. The lake is a prominent attraction in the southwestern regions of Turkey.

The location of Sagalasson in the city of Aglasun is one of the most important historical tourist destinations in southwestern Turkey, and is located on Akdag Mountain at an altitude of 1450-1700 meters, and away from Burdur 30 km. The site of Sagalasson was named after Alexander the Great, and acquires a special place because it represents the capital of Pisidia in ancient Greece. The site includes statues found during excavations that began in 1990, a theater with a capacity of 9,000 people and a Roman bath.

You can also visit the Burdur Museum, which is one of Burdur's most famous tourist attractions. Specialized in selling archaeological collectibles, which bring tourists to buy them.

In the event that there is a desire for shopping, there is the Burdur Bazaar, which is one of the most important tourist attractions in the city, which is popular with tourists, because of its location close to the Grand Mosque, it also features shops full of everything that meets the needs of tourists, as well as the finest souvenirs and goods that Reflect the history of the region.

The most characteristic of the city is its many beautiful beaches, which prepare it for water sports, the most important of which is swimming.

The most important industries in Burdur, the extraction of natural stones and marble, because of the presence of caves, mountains and stones in various parts of the city, and then converted into stones and marble for sale. There you can find the original beige stone, and is one of the largest reserves of stones in the world in the future.

Known for textiles, perfumery and copper processing, it is also one of the most important areas in dairy breeding and production.

Musical instruments, especially blowing, such as the small-sized Esperance, and the Walnut, are common in the city, given the Bedouins, who came from Central Asia and preserved their traditions and heritage.