Egirdir Hostels - Online Booking For Hostels in Egirdir Turkey

Egirdir (Turkish: Egirdir Golu, formerly Egridir) is the name of a lake and of the town situated on the shore of that lake (Egirdir) in Turkey. The lake lies in the Turkish Lake District and is 186 kilometers (116 miles) north of Antalya. With an area of 482 km2 it is the fourth largest (second largest freshwater) lake in Turkey.

The town and the lake were formerly called Egridir, a Turkish pronunciation of the towns old Greek name Akrotiri. Unfortunately, Egridir means it is crooked in Turkish. Therefore, to remove the negative connotations of the name, in the 1980s the i and the r were transposed in a new official name, thus creating Egirdir, a name that evokes spinning and flowers, although many people in Turkey still call both the town and the lake by its former name.

Lake Egirdir has two islands, connected to the mainland by a long causeway into the town of Egirdir:

* Can Ada (meaning Life Island) the smallest of the two islands.

* Yesil Ada (Green Island, formerly known as Nis) - until 1923, was home to a Greek community living in stone and timber houses.

A fishermans family bed and breakfast located in the centre of the Green Island. Peaceful and friendly with plenty of parking available. ..

Your hosts Musa, Birsen & family welcome you to Alis Pension. We are small lakeside family, our pension situated on the green island of Yesilada. ..

Visit Egirdir, a traditional Turkish fishing town overlooking a lovely lake. Ours is a most hospitable establishment..

Charlys pension was built up in the year 1890. To keep the historical atmosphere we have equipped it with some original furnitures of this time. We have a nice shady terrace where you can rest after y..

Current Time in Egirdir : 02:20 | Mon, March 15, 2010