Nearby Points of Interest

• Erzurum is the largest provincial capital in Eastern Anatolia and it was founded on the foot of the Palandoken Mountains at an elevation of 1 50 meters Erzurum known as the citadel of Eastern Anatolia is located on an important trade junction and transit route between Ankara Trabzon and Teheran Furthermore it is connected to every part of the country both by airways and railways The city is at the same time the cultural center of Eastern Anatolia Ataturk University in the city is one of the best higher education institutions in Turkey Erzurum is a rich historical treasure with its centuries old mosques forts towers and large tombs with dome-shaped or conical roofs The Palandoken Ski Center is 5 km to the south of Erzurum It is among the longest and steepest ski runs in the world The length of the chair lift is 3237 meters and the difference in altitude from the start to the finish is 1000 meters Among the other points of interest in Erzurum are the Tortum Lake and Waterfall with its steep cliffs the Cobandede Bridge which has a length of 220 meters built by the Seljuks on the Aras River in the thirteenth century Pasinler and Oltu Citadels