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Skiing in Turkey: Palandoken Ski Resort

In recent years, Palandoken has become one of Turkey’s most popular ski resorts, in part due to the short 30 minute transfer from Erzurum airport, just 12kms away and in part due to the excellent standard of hotel accommodation on offer in the resort. Heavy investment has also been put into the infrastructure of the resort to update the lifts. Palandoken is proving popular with Russian and Dutch skiers as well as the local Turkish market. Apres ski is based in hotels, which have good facilities and the historic centre of Erzurum is just 5kms away.

Skiing in Turkey at the Palandoken is a high resort with the ski area situated between 2150-3200 metres, well above the tree line. What it lacks in beauty, however, it makes up for with the quality of its runs including the longest in Turkey at 12kms. There is a good nursery slope area with drag lifts and a total of 17 pistes served by a gondola and 3 chair lifts.  The majority of the runs are designed for beginners and intermediates but there are a couple of good black runs and some excellent off piste. Skiing in Turkey at Palandoken offers qualified instructors on hand and the hotels all have their own ski hire shops. The ski season lasts from December – May.

Skiing in Turkey gives those who own property in Turkey the opportunity to holiday in stunning ski resorts during the winter months and to rent out their property all year round.