Bozdağ Çınarlı Park

About Bozdağ Çınarlı Park

Çınarlı Park is a picnic park in Bozdağ, the upland settlement 22 km north of Ödemiş at about 1,150 metres. It takes its name from its centuries-old plane trees (çınar). According to Ödemiş Municipality, the future Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror, came to Bozdağ while still a prince and took lessons from his tutor Molla Gürani in Çınarlı Park, which gives the shady grove a place in local history. Today it is one of the best-known picnic and day-out spots in Bozdağ. Ödemiş Municipality and Visit İzmir both list it with Mermer Oluk, Şelale Park and Kırk Çeşme as the picnic areas that bring most visitors to the plateau, especially in summer when people escape the heat of the plain.