when the lake was at its best times there were places to change and to take shower. but nowadays due to the lake's situation they are abandoned. so if you are planning to swimm, you must know that the water is extremely salty. so bring a gallon of water with you so that you can wash the salt from your body. iranian women come for swimm too. so it isnt really a big problem to find a place to change.

Hi Arthur it depends on your destination. if you are traveling through Jolfa-Khoy road you can't see the lake because it's far from the Khoy city. there you have to travel to south and enter the Ghushchi road. but if you are going to Tabriz the best and nearest place is Kalantari road which is goes through the lake itself. there you can find the view you want. good views could be found around the Eslami island. i hope it helps.

Dear traveler You can go Lake Urumieh from Tabriz it takes maximum 3 hours to get there and you can stay in Deniz Bari Hotel .The hotel located near Ghoshchi City .We stayed there for two nights but far from Urumiyeh City and if you want to visit city too it take 1 hour to reach there.