History and Culture of Burdur
Burdur is a small provincial city with an enormous archaeological hinterland.

Burdur is a small provincial city with an enormous archaeological hinterland.

Burdur’s position in the Lakes Region of southwestern Turkey makes it a superb base for exploring, because some of the country’s most striking sights sit within an hour or two of the city.

Burdur sits where the Mediterranean and the Anatolian interior meet, and its kitchen has the best of both: olive oil and mountain herbs from the south, bulgur, beans and dairy from the plateau, and lamb raised…

Burdur is not a city of famous hotels, and that is quietly good news: staying here means staying where the province actually lives, at prices that have not caught up with tourism.

Burdur is a compact city with a surprising concentration of sights within an hour’s drive: a great Roman city on a mountainside, a turquoise lake with white beaches, one of Turkey’s best regional museums, and a…

Burdur is the kind of Turkish city that surprises travelers who stop only because the road to Antalya passes through it.
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