The geothermal hotel, the construction of which has been completed in the Çaldıran district of Van, has opened.
Van
Built on an area of 30 thousand square meters in Çaldıran, at an altitude of 2050, which is the coldest district of Turkey, there are four villas and a total of 110 beds in the hotel. In the geothermal hotel, where 60 people are employed, there are private pools, restaurant, cafes, ski slopes, aqua park, spa center, entertainment areas for children, indoor and outdoor pools. Healing waters extracted from 6 separate wells at 91 degrees Celsius are poured into pools at 41 degrees Celsius. The hotel, which is one of the rare places where the ski center and geothermal services are offered together, awaits its customers.
The owner of the business, Yusuf Taşkın, stated that they plan to serve 200 thousand people a year and said, “We started a formation here 14 years ago with 8 partners. By obtaining the right to use thermal water in this region, we started to create the first of these investments. We have conducted studies and R&D studies for 4 years. We researched the region's geothermal structure, thermal properties, and underground water reserves. In 2015, we started investments with a thermal greenhouse in Çaldıran, the coldest district of Turkey. The tourism investment that has been going on for 3 years has been concluded. The facility here, established on an area of 30 thousand square meters and with a closed area of 10 thousand square meters, is a facility that does not have a pattern in Turkey, which combines thermal tourism and ski tourism.