Winter fairytale: Troikas take over frozen Lake Çıldır
by DAILY SABAHDec 08, 202011:37 am +03 +03:00
Lake Çıldır in Ardahan has begun to freeze and will stay frozen for up to eight months.
Situated 1,959 meters (6,427 feet) above sea level, Lake Çıldır usually starts to freeze at the beginning of winter as the temperature drops to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) at night.
What makes Lake Çıldır – which covers 123,000 square meters (1.3 million square feet) – unique is that tourism activities and fishermen's livelihood start when the lake is frozen.
(AA Photo)
Locals, as well as tourists, also enjoy barbecue parties at the lake. Once the lake is frozen, people grill the fish they catch and have a nice picnic out in the cold.
