The Lota lakes lie three kilometres east of the Hafik district of Sivas, north of the highway, about 45 kilometres from the provincial centre. They are deep and fed by springs rising from the bottom, and they hold various kinds of fish.
They are separate lakes for much of the year: when the spring rains begin they rise and run together.
Getting there
- Access
- The lakes lie 3 km east of Hafik and about 45 km from the centre of Sivas, reached by road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Sivas as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -3.3 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (60 mm) and lightest in August (7 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
