Mirada Del Lago Hotel in Erciyes

The Ercyies area - on the slope of an extinct volcano, is a combination of three resorts connected by old chairlifts, which sometimes do not run. In two resorts, the gondola is the basis. But when it does not run (one day it was broken) you cannot even get to the connecting cable cars. Cable cars - Overall, they are older, slow and usually do not even have a wind cover, so you will get quite cold. The highest cable car is up to 3.5 thousand meters above sea level. Because it is a very windy area, this upper cable car has not run yet this season (until 31.1.2026), both because of the wind, but also because the snow on the slope was blown out. Overall, it is a windy area, cable cars do not run often. Of our advertised 6 skiing days, the cable cars did not run for 2 days. In the previous season, out of 6 skiing days, they did not run for 3 days. Ski passes are point-based, one ride is one point. It doesn't matter the length of the cable car. 50 points is enough for an average skier for about 3 days, for a better skier for 2.5. Because of the wind, consider buying more points for another ski pass (50 points are equivalent to about 75 EUR, a smaller amount of points is a bit more expensive per ride, but you still need to be able to use them, points are not refundable). Ski slopes - mostly declared red, but they have very long runs to the cable car entrance. So because the cable cars are pretty slow, you will spend much more time on the cable car than on the ski slope. You can see snowmaking poles around the ski slopes, but they were never running, even though there wasn't much snow and the stones on the ski slopes were a problem. And not only there, at the exit from the cable car, when you have no way to avoid them, there are simply a lot of stones and they don't even think of throwing a few shovels of snow over the stones there. There are quite long queues at the lower cable car boarding points and the Turks will happily step on your skis, they don't know the ski culture. I really strongly recommend not to take your own skis with you because you would ruin them (also considering the careless treatment of the airport staff). You can rent skis on site, for a week for about 40-50 EUR. Most of Turks can't ski and they will let children on the slopes by themselves. They often can't even turn in a plow but they go on the red slopes. That's why they have a lot of accidents there. There are a lot of children and teenagers there, they fall and you often have no way to pass them. You have to stop and slowly weave through the herd of sea lions. Refreshments are available at the gondola boarding points and at their exits. But there are an awful lot of people there, including walking tourists, because the resort is about 20 km from the city of Kayseri with 1.6 million inhabitants. When the weather is nice, everyone from the city come to admire the mountains view. Arabic music is blaring everywhere, there is a lot of noise. And not just at the refreshments poin

AI translator Skiing in Turkey - NEVER AGAIN! The Ercyies area - the slopes on an extinct volcano (at the photo), it is a combination of three resorts connected by old chairlifts, which sometimes do not run. In two resorts, the gondola is the basis. But when it does not run (one day it was broken), the resort is unlucky and you cannot even get to the connecting cable cars. Cable cars - Overall, they are older, slow and usually do not even have a wind cover, so you will get quite cold. The highest cable car is up to 3.5 thousand meters above sea level. Because it is a very windy area, this upper cable car has not run yet this season (until 31.1.2026), both because of the wind, but also because the slope was blown out and there was no snow on it. Overall, it is a windy area, cable cars do not run often. Of our advertised 6 skiing days, the cable cars did not run for 2 days. In the previous tour, 3 out of 6 days did not go. Ski passes are point-based, one ride is one point. It does not matter the length of the cable car. 50 points are enough for an average skier for 3 days, for a better one for 2.5. Because of the wind, consider buying more points for another ski pass (50 points are about 75 EUR, a smaller amount is a bit more expensive per ride, but you still need to be able to ride it, points are not returned). Ski slopes - mostly declared red, but they have very long final runs to the cable car. So it takes a long time than the cable car crosses this final run, you will spend many times more time on the cable car than on the ski slope. You can see snowmaking poles around the ski slopes, but they never went, even though there was not much snow and the stones on the ski slopes were a problem. And not only on them, at the exit of the cable car, when you have no way to avoid it, there are simply a lot of stones and they don't even think of throwing a few shovels of snow there. There are quite long queues at the lower cable car boarding points and the Turks will easily step on your skis, they don't know skiing culture. I really STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT TAKING YOUR OWN SKIS so as not to ruin them (also considering the careless treatment of the airport staff). You can rent skis on site, for a week for about 40-50 EUR. The Turks can't ski, but they will let children on the slopes themselves. They often can't even turn in a plow and they go, so they slap the red ones. That's why they have a lot of accidents there. There are a lot of children and teenagers there, they fall and you often have no way to avoid them. You have to stop and slowly weave through the herd of sea lions. Refreshments are available at the gondola boarding points and at their exit. But there are a lot of people there, even pedestrians, because the resort is about 20 km from the city of Kayseri with 1.6 million inhabitants. When it's nice weather, everyone from the city flocks to admire the mountains. There's Arabic music blaring everywhere, a commotion. And not just at the refreshment po

Don't come here, the swine flu is rampant at the hotel, we were accommodated in the hospital there 3 times, the hotel knows it well - I ignore it! It's a crazy flu.