TürkiyeCennetMountain & Highland
Mountain and highland are the way to read Türkiye through altitude. A cable car that lifts you from the coast to a summit in minutes and a highland trek that lasts for days are two ends of the same scale. This category is a reminder that the view changes with the weather, the season and the height — that the same point can look entirely different on a clear day and a misty one.
Places in this category
5 places
The Aladağlar
The hardest section of the Taurus range: limestone walls to 3,750 m, glacial valleys and almost no trees — the centre of technical mountaineering in Türkiye.
Ayder Highland
In Rize, at the foot of the Kaçkars, a Black Sea highland known for misty forests, waterfalls and a hot spring.
The Kaçkar Mountains
Behind the eastern Black Sea coast, a glaciated range approaching 3,900 m: timber highland settlements, glacial lakes, and the shortest and greenest mountain season in Türkiye.
Mount Tahtalı
A high peak reached from sea to summit by cable car, overlooking the coast.
Uludağ
Rising above Bursa, a high mountain national park known for winter sports and summer walking.