Is Turkey’s Palandöken Ejder 3200 ski area the world’s best-value, cheapest ski resort? We think yes. Watch the video above for a comprehensive guide to this relatively undiscovered ski resort – the Palandöken ski resort (kayak merkezi) in Turkey.
Don’t forget, we also have this guide split into other sections as well as a full-length edit, linked below:
The world’s best value ski resort, full edit
The world’s best value ski resort, part two
The world’s best value ski resort, part one
At time of writing a season pass costs just 1500TL (approx 100€ at current exchange rates), making Turkey’s Palandöken ski resort surely the world’s cheapest ski area. With night skiing available through December, January and February this equates to the resort being open from 09.00 until 20.00. When taken side-by-side with comparable European or US ski areas, Palandöken offers considerably more better value than pretty much any other ski resort on the planet – including those in Bulgaria.
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Make sure you choose an insurance company that covers Turkey
It’s worth remembering that Turkey isn’t strictly speaking part of Europe so you’ll need to choose an insurer with protection outside the continent. TrueTraveller ski insurance offers the best value, most comprehensive ski and snowboard cover that even includes park riding and off-piste (check the exact details at time of booking). Go with the best – go with TrueTraveller.
Skiing to 3200m, extensive snow cannon & zero queues
Palandöken is also one of the world’s quietest ski areas with maximum queue times topping out at just a couple of minutes during the busiest times of the season. Better yet, due mostly to the country’s religion, Christmas, Easter and the dreaded February mid-terms aren’t an issue here. Less time queuing means more on-hill time. Watch the video above to learn more about the considerable advantages of booking a cheap ski or snowboard holiday to Palandöken – probably the world’s cheapest and best-value ski area.
If, on the other hand, you’re looking for skiing and snowboarding on a bigger scale, you might like to check our sister site, La Plagne 360, the best guide to La Plagne which is the world’s most popular and most visited ski area.
Palandöken / Ejder 3200 piste map
