Gastronomy

Just like hotels, eateries are also concentrated on the riverside streets. In addition, a few nice pubs are located along Belediye Cad.

Pleven Sultanahmet Koftecisi, Plevne Cad , opposite the Idrisoglu and Ruganci hotels. Quite a nice place offering tasty and cheap food. For a filling meal we will not pay more than 3 USD.

Bursa Kebapcisi, Plewie Cad. 32, almost in front of the Rugana Hotel. Specialty of the premises: kebab from Bursa, that is Iskender (2 USD). It also serves other kebab-based dishes (1,7 USD), soup (0,7 USD) and kofte(1,4 USD).

Kardejler Fici Beer Hall, Plevne Cad , west of the stone bridge. There is a truly homely atmosphere of a beer hall from a small Polish town. Beer included 1 USD.

Burger Kind Fastfood, Pleven Sok., near the Kardesler beer hall. Only fast food (ok. 1-2 USD).

Uludag Kebab and Pita Saloon, Cumhuriyet Cad. 19, vis a vis hotel llgaz. Enjoyable, decent place. Iskender costs money 2,4 USD, a prosty doner kebap – 2 USD.

Symbol Dirt Pita and Borek Hall, next to the hotel llgaz. A simple and cheap eatery, corba only costs here 0,5 USD, chicken (chicken) dóner in bread – 0,4 USD, pide just 0,25 USD.

Ulus Grilled Chicken, Cumhuriyet Cad.. 13/A, opposite Burger Kind. Mangalda pilic is specially served chicken with rice and salad, pretty good. It costs 3 USD. You can also choose from. cheap soup (0,5 USD), cardigan (1,4 USD), chicken skewer.

Kebab Istanbul (Kebabista), Belediye Cad.. 4, next to the hotel llgaz. To – as the name suggests – the land of kebabs. For example, dóner costs 1,7 USD, a Iskender – 2 USD.

Bathhouses

The only bathhouse worth recommending is recently restored, the historic Araba Pazari Hamami, in which the bath costs 1,7 USD, and washing and massage are the same. It is located at Belediye Cad., in front of Osmanli Sarayi Hotel.

Informant

The tourist information office is located at Nasrullah Meydani, in front of the mosque (walking from the river). It is open all year round, and the staff will provide us with a brochure, where the most space is devoted

Ottoman houses, as if Kastamonu wanted to compete with Safranbolu. There is a map on the back of the brochure. We will also get the folder in a small booth – souvenir shop at Cumhuriyet Meydani; the inscription says, that it is a tourist information in order to attract potential customers. We will exchange the currency in numerous banks at Cumhuriyet Cad.; several exchange offices are located at Belediye Cad. The post office is located on the west side of Cumhuriyet Meydani. We will use the Internet at Cybernet Internet Cafe (0,55 USD/hour), at Simsar Sok., extending north of Plevne Cad., at the height of Belediye Cad.

Important telephones – Police: (366) 214 3105 the 214 3102, hospital: (366) 2141413 the 21412 21.

Surroundings of Kastamonu

About 18 km west of Kastamonu, we wsi Kasaba. there is a unique monument – wooden Mahmut Bey Camii. This is one of the most beautiful mosques in Turkey, originated in 1366 r. by order of Mahmut Bey of the Candaroglu family. We will scarcely step through the wooden doors to the temple, and its interior will delight us with its uniqueness. Wood, the decoratively carved ceiling rests on four wooden columns. The galleries are also beautiful. There are still traces of paint on the columns. interesting fact is, that not a single nail was used to build the mosque. The outer walls were built of stone joined with mortar.

The site cannot be accessed directly. In Kastamonu we board the dolmusz do Dadaj, we get off at the exit to Kasata near the village of Subaęi (0,5 USD, 30 min), and from here we have approx. 4 km, which you can try to hitchhike.