Guide
From the hillside village of Akpınar, 7 kilometres from Eğirdir, almost the whole of Lake Eğirdir opens up below you, with the Yeşil and Can islands, the Barla and Anamas mountains and the Boğaz plain all in view. At the photo point a café built like a traditional yörük nomad tent and a set of viewing terraces let you take it in over tea and gözleme, and the view makes for good photographs at any hour of the day.
Getting there
From the centre of Eğirdir, take the road towards Lake Kovada. Before you reach the Eğirdir Bone and Joint Diseases Hospital, turn right onto the road that climbs the hill and follow the signs for Akpınar. The photo point is at N37° 50.702′ E30° 51.076′.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Isparta as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 1.9 °C in January to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (86 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
