Balıklı lies within the village of Gölormanı in the central district of Düzce, on the Elmacık mountains, 36 kilometres from the city.
The plateau stands at 1,400 metres and covers 46 hectares, ringed by pine, hornbeam and beech forest. The spring running through the middle of it is what marks it out.
It suits tent camping, walking and photography.
Getting there
- Access
- At Gölormanı village in the central district of Düzce.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Düzce as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.8 °C in January to 22.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (101 mm) and lightest in July (47 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
