Lake Salda (turkish name:Salda Gölü) is a mountain lake in Turkey, which is a popular tourist destination, and, due to the color of the water and sand, is known as the Turkish Maldives
Lake Salda is a crater. It was formed in the crater of an extinct volcano.
The lake has an area of 44 km2 without runoff and a depth of up to 184 meters.
Due to the fact that Lake Salda is located between the Taurus Mountains at an altitude of 1,193 meters from the sea, has a magnesium-rich structure, as well as clear water of a bright azure hue and white beaches due to magnesium in the water, this lake looks very picturesque, forming unique landscapes that are compared with Maldives
MUD OF SALDA LAKE
The lake is also popular because of the hydromagnesite mineral, which is believed to help with some dermatological diseases and nourishes the skin. Here people take mud baths or just smear themselves with lake clay.
Stromatolite formations in Lake Salda are a rare example in the world, and the lake has ecological uniqueness in this aspect.
HOW TO REACH SALDA LAKE
Lake Salda is located 5 kilometers from Yeshilov, 60 km from Burdur, 100 km away. from Denizli and 160 km. from Antalya. You can visit Lake Salda on your own, while getting there by public buses. By public intercity buses you can get to Burdur, then by minibuses to Yeshilov, which depart approximately every hour from the Burdur bus station, and then to Lake Salda, which is 5 kilometers from Yeshilov. Minibuses from Burdur to Yeshilov do not run in the evening. You can get from the Denizli Bus station by minibuses plying to Yeshilova. From Antalya Bus Station, you can also get to Yeshilov by minibuses. It is most convenient to visit Lake Salda on your own on by car, can also be reached by taxi. You can also visit Lake Salda with excursions, both to the lake and combining a visit to the lake with other sights of Turkey, for example, the ancient city of Sagalassos or Pamukkale.