Eğirdir lies between the Sultan and Karakuş mountains, in the middle of Isparta province. It runs fifty kilometres north to south and between three and fifteen east to west, and it gathers the water of a basin of about 3,309 square kilometres. Karst played a large part in its formation: the lake sits in a subsidence trough on a limestone base.
What people come for is the shoreline — clear beaches, apple and peach orchards around the water, and a lake that changes colour through the day and is at its best at sunset.
Getting there
- Access
- The lake lies on the Isparta–Konya road and any vehicle reaches it.
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).
