WINTER TOURISM

ERZURUM-ERZİNCAN-BAYBURT

ERZURUM with its natural and cultural values offers suitable areas for

almost all kinds of tourism activities except for sea-sand-sun tourism.

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TOURISM POTENTIAL

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55 % of Turkey’s floor area takes part in 1500-3000 m height zone.

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Regions Of Winter Tourism In Turkey

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Active Ski Centers-Winter Tourism Centers

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ALTITUDE:

1250 m - 3250 m

SEASON:150 days

SNOW DEPTH: 2-3 m

SKI AREA (ha): 5250 Ha

SKIING TYPE : Nordic

Alpine Skiing, Snowboard

MECHANICAL FACILITIES:

Existing:1

Planned:5

BED CAPACITY:

Planned: 12000

TRANSPORTATION : Distance to the Airport (15 km), Distance to the City Center (20 km)

İstanbul

Ankara

İzmir

Erzincan

ERZİNCAN-YILDIRIM

AKBULUT

ALTITUDE:

2200 m - 2950 m

SEASON:150 days

SNOW DEPTH: 2-3 m

SKIING TYPE: Nordic

Alpine Skiing,

Snowboard

MECHANİCAL

FACILITIES:

Existing: 1

TRANSPORTATION: Distance to the Airport (57 km), Distance to the City Center (42 km)

İstanbul

Ankara

İzmir

Erzincan

ERZİNCAN-YILDIRIM

AKBULUT

İstanbul

Ankara

İzmir

Bayburt

ALTITUDE:

2200 m - 2950 m

SEASON:

150 days

SNOW DEPTH: 2-3 m

SKIING TYPE:

Nordic Alpine Skiing,

Snowboard

MECHANİCAL

FACILITIES:

Existing: 1

BED CAPACITY

Existing: 110

TRANSPORTATION: Distance to the Airport (Erzurum- 70 km), Distance to the City Center (39

km)

BAYBURT-KOP

The region that is the most important and preferential ski area of Turkey in

terms of winter sports, is also an international tourism center.

ERZURUM

PALANDOKEN

SKI CENTER

ALTITUDE : 2150-3100m

SEASON : 150 days

SNOW DEPTH: 2-3 m

SKI AREA (ha): 2390 Ha

SKIING TYPE : Nordic-Alpine Skiing

Snowboard

NUMBER OF RUNS: 27

MECHANICAL FACILITIESExisting:16

8500 Man/Hour

Planned:11

SKIER CAPACITY: 30000 – 35000Man/Day

BED CAPACITYExisting : 2600

Planned: 8850

ERZURUM PALANDOKEN

TRANSPORTATION: Distance to the Airport (16 km), Distance to the City

Center (6 km)

Erzurum

•Palandoken is one of the ski centers that has the long and steep ski runs

(28 km) in the world.

•It is 5 km away from the city center and 10 km away from the airport that

offers the opportunity of skiing in 15 minutes after landing on.

•With artificial snowing system it guarantees the opprotunity of skiing for

6 months.

ERZURUM PALANDOKEN

KONAKLI

SKI CENTER

TRANSPORTATİON: Distance to the Airport (24 km) Distance to the City

Center (17 km)

İstanbul

Ankara

İzmir

Erzurum

ERZURUM-KONAKLI

ALTITUDE: 2000 m - 3250 m

SEASON : 150 gün

SNOW DEPTH: 2-3 m

SKI AREA (ha) : 460 Ha

62 Ha (Artificial Snow)

SKIING TYPE : Slalom, Giant Slalom,

Super G

NUMBER OF RUNS: 11

MECHANICAL FACILITIES

Existing: 6

12.000 (Person/Hour)

BED CAPACITY

Planned: 4500

With very suitable characteristics for skiing, natural ski-runs and

mechanical facilities it is the biggest ski center in Turkey and is one

of the most important ski centers in the world.

ERZURUM-KONAKLI

WINTER SPORTS FACILITIES

WINTER SPORTS

FACILITIES

JUMPING TOWERS

• The only jumping towers ofTURKEY.

• 2 Towers for Races (K125,K95),

• 3 Training Towers (K60, K40,K25),

• 2 Ref Towers,• 25 Sporters’ Maison,• 1 Social Facility (Camping

Center with 100 BedCapacity),

• Fitness Center,• Cafeteria,• Artifiical Snow Pond (7.500

m3 water capacity),• Artificial Snow Systems,,• Funicular Systems,• Watering Systems for

Summer Jumpings,• The facility has all kinds of

infra-structure for summerand winter jumpings.

ICE HOCKEY VENUE

• 2 Ice Hockey Venues; onewith 3000 SpectatorCapacity and the other with500 Spectator Capacity onan area of 192.000 m2

• The field is 30mx60m, inolympic sizes.

• The venues can be used assports center.

• There are dressing andresting rooms for sporters,refrees and trainers,administrative offices,cafeteria, auditorium,meeting room, exercisingrooms, sauna, health careand doping control rooms.

ICE SKATING VENUE

• Capacity: 2.000

• On an area of 7.000 m².

• The field is 60x30m in sizesand can be used forbasketball, voleyball andhentball .

• There is an ice area of 1.800m2, and there are sauna,exercising rooms, meetingrooms and VIP rooms.

CURLING VENUE

• Built on an area of 39.000m2 the curling venue is 58mx 31m and has a SpectatorCapacity of 1.020.

• The venue can be used assports center.

• There are dressing andresting rooms for sporters,refrees and trainers,administrative offices,cafeteria, auditorium,meeting room, exercisingrooms, sauna, health careand doping control rooms.

• The venue is in olympicsizes and offers theopportunity of competitionfor 10 teams at the sametime.

SPEED SKATE VENUE

• The venue is 60m x 30m andhas a spectator capacity of518.

• There are dressing andresting rooms for sporters,refrees and trainers,administrative offices,cafeteria, auditorium,meeting room, exercisingrooms, sauna, health careand doping control rooms.

KANDILLI SKI CENTER

CROSS COUNTRY AND BIATHLON VENUES

• The Camping Center is3.303 meters and has a bedcapacity of 90.

• There are cafeteria,exercising room, offices,health care and serviceunits.

• Shooting Range is 90meters in length and iscomposed of 50 shootingranges.

• Artificial Pond has 50.000m3water capacity.

• The Nordic Discipline andBiathlon Racetrack issnowed by Artificialsnowing systems which is 8km in length.

Biathlon Racetrack Nordic Discipline and Pond

Camping Center Shooting Range

THERMAL TOURISM

Erzurum has a rich potential in terms of geothermal resources and so offer

opportunities for thermal tourism and health tourism. There are more than

150 resources that have a temperature of 50-60 C and these resources are

superior in terms of flow rate, temperature, physical and chemical features.

HISTORY-CULTURE-

RELIGIOUS TOURISM

The historical and religious constructions and civil architecture

such as mosques, madrasahs, churches, khans and bazaars

offer a rich potential for culture and religious tourism.

HISTORY-CULTURE-

RELIGIOUS TOURISM

ECOTOURISM

Non-destroyed, unique and variable natural resources in the region offer

the opportunity of tourism activities of adventure, discovery and natural

sports. White water sports such as rafting, canoe; paragliding, trekking,

speleological tourism, tableland tourism, bird watching, herborization are

some types of alternative tourism.

ECOTOURISM