There are no facilities of any kind at Esen pond: what is here is the water, the red pine forest around it and the road in. The pond and its surroundings were given the status of a forest rest area in 1995, over 231.5 hectares in all.
It lies at 850 metres, with a water surface of 75 hectares; mirror carp have been raised in it and it is fished with rod and line. The potential for water sports is described as high. Getting there: follow the Denizli-Muğla road to the Kale district, take the road east from Kale for 33 kilometres to Beyagaç, continue eight kilometres east of the district centre, then five kilometres more on a dirt road turning south. Minibuses run as far as Beyagaç, from Denizli and from Kale.
Getting there
- Access
- Take the Denizli–Muğla road to Kale, then the road east for thirty-three kilometres to Beyağaç. From the centre of Beyağaç go eight kilometres east, then five more on a dirt road turning south. Minibuses run to Beyağaç from Denizli and from Kale.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Denizli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6 °C in January to 27.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (90 mm) and lightest in August (11 mm). Long-term means for 1957-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
