Kirazlıdere and Gökçay are picnic grounds on the slopes of Hisartepe, above Isparta, surrounded by vineyards and orchards and looking down over the city, with restaurants on the site. The view is the point, particularly in summer, and the Gökçay ground has playgrounds and play areas for children.
Along the approach road are an amphitheatre used for social, cultural and artistic events on special days, and two waterfalls, one of them large. There is also an F-4 Phantom on the site, given by the General Staff and the air force command to keep alive the memory of airmen from Isparta killed in service. You can drive up or take the public bus.
Getting there
- Access
- Reached by car or by public bus.
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).
