Mermeroluk Mesire Alanı

About Mermeroluk Mesire Alanı

Mermeroluk (also written Mermer Oluk) is a forest picnic area on the slopes of the Bozdağ mountains near the upland village of Bozdağ, above Ödemiş. Its name means marble trough: an old marble spout carries ice-cold spring water, and visitors come to fill bottles from it. Big plane and chestnut trees shade the site, and picnic tables are set out around the spring. In summer it is one of the first places people from the hot plain head for, and Ödemiş Municipality names Mermer Oluk among the picnic spots, alongside Çınarlı Park, Şelale Park and Kırk Çeşme, that draw the most visitors to Bozdağ in that season. The General Directorate of Forestry lists Mermeroluk among the official mesire (picnic and recreation) areas of İzmir province, under the Bayındır forest enterprise. As with other forest picnic sites, fire-season restrictions on barbecues can apply in summer.