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Ilıca Harlek lies among pine woods north of Kütahya, 4 km off the Kütahya–Eskişehir road at its 21st kilometre, and was declared a thermal tourism centre by a Council of Ministers decision of 4 December 2006. Thermal hotels and spa centres here offer thermal pools, saunas, steam rooms and massage, and the provincial directorate describes the mineral-rich water as helpful for rheumatism, skin conditions, stress, and muscle and joint pain.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kütahya as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.5 °C in January to 20.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (76 mm) and lightest in August (18 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
