Where is Malatya Orduzu? What can you do in Malatya Orduzu Pınarbaşı? 2022

Malatya Orduzu is one of the recreation areas where green and blue intersect. Malatya Orduzu Pınarbaşı is located on the Elazig-Malatya highway. The Recreation Area is located within the borders of the Battalgazi district of Malatya. Located in the recreation area, the lake is a kind of set lake and was formed by the accumulation of spring waters.

Malatya Orduzu has two important locations. One of them is Pınarbaşı and the other one is Aslantepe. While Orduzu Pınarbaşı is an entertainment, picnic area, and resting area, Aslantepe is a cradle where civilizations take root. Mounds were found during the excavations in Aslantepe.

Aslantepe Mound is on the sides of the Karakaya Dam. During the excavations, findings were found that the Romans, Byzantines, and Hittites were settled here. Numerous seals, mud-brick palaces, sharps-drilling tools, kitchen utensils, and rain-drainage lines unearthed in the finds are proof that a city-state was established on these lands. The skeleton found in the excavations shows that there was life here 5400 years ago.

Pınarbaşı, on the other hand, is a recreational place for the people. Especially in Malatya, where the arid climate is dominant, the people suffocated by the very heat in the summer flock to the waterside. Due to the dominance of pine trees around the lake, the abundance of shaded areas makes the hot hours enjoyable.

What Can You Do in Malatya Orduzu Pınarbaşı Recreation Area?

One of the most enjoyable activities to be done as a family in the Malatya Orduzu Pınarbaşı recreational area is to have a picnic. When picnicking, families with experience know; it is difficult to occupy children’s time, to distract them; They quickly get bored with where they are going. The number of families with children who come to Orduzu Pınarbaşı for a day has increased after 2018. The biggest reason for this is the Zoo in the recreation area. When it comes to the zoo, it is one of the places where you can go with your children and spend time with pleasure. In the zoo, you can see elephants, tigers, llamas, giraffes. In summer, long queues form to enter the zoo.

You can rent a bicycle and stroll around the lake; There are also water bikes for enthusiasts. When it comes to the recreation area, one of the first things that come to mind is the pleasure of barbecue. You can fish. There is also a public swimming pool within the body of Malatyaspor Facilities, on the edge of the Orduzu Pınarbaşı recreation area.

Malatya Apricot Festival is held in Orduzu. If you bring your visit dates to Malatya to the dates that coincide with the apricot festival, you will have the chance to participate in the festival activities.