Guide
Pasinler's spring water comes out at between 39 and 45 °C and is used both for drinking and for bathing cures. It contains bicarbonate, chloride, sodium and carbon dioxide and is partly radioactive. The provincial directorate says that drunk, it acts on the gall bladder, liver, stomach and bowels, and that bathing cures are given for rheumatism, nerve and muscle fatigue, various nervous disorders, and joint problems and osteoarthritis.
Getting there
The spa is 43 km from the centre of Erzurum.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Erzurum as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -9.1 °C in January to 19.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in July and August; rainfall is heaviest in May (73 mm) and lightest in August (18 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
