Kastamonu
Kastamonu
About 60,000 people of Kastamonu lie on the way to Safranbolu, and because it has a lot of interesting monuments and a nice museum, it's worth staying here for a day, if only for that, to take a walk around …
About 60,000 people of Kastamonu lie on the way to Safranbolu, and because it has a lot of interesting monuments and a nice museum, it's worth staying here for a day, if only for that, to take a walk around …
Sinop is very enjoyable, calm, ok. 30-town with a thousandth population, picturesquely situated by a beautiful bay. Part of the city is surrounded by ancient walls that sometimes go straight to the sea. Admittedly, Sinop is not on any important hiking trail, that's it though …
About 60 thousand people Amasya is, according to all tourists visiting it, one of the most beautiful towns in Anatolia or even all of Turkey. It stretches along the rocky Yesihrmak valley (The Green River), over which the ancient fortress towers. Right on the river …
Tokat is a provincial city with approx. 110 thousand. residents. It has a typical Turkish atmosphere and almost no tourists come here, and there are some valuable sights to see. Tokat is a base for visiting the nearby Ballica Magarasi cave, one of …
There is nothing much to see in Ordu, but it's a nice port town, and in the summer it is a holiday resort with a Turkish atmosphere, which is not disturbed by mass tourism. We can rest here before waiting for us, almost a full-day trip to Tokatu, bathing …
Numbering approx. 180 thousand. Trabzon residents (ancient Trapezunt) it is the largest city in the Black Sea zone after Samsun, tourists treated primarily as a starting point to the nearby famous Sumela Monastery, and by the Jews as a city, from where they will go to the mountains …
The history of the city of Erzurum dates back 6000 years back, when the first primitive tribes settled here. Apart from this, little is known about the oldest history, that the settlement was certainly in the possession of the Hurytes in turn, Urartians, Medes and Persians. Then came the Sassanids and …
The early history of the city is not well known, but people settled in these parts 5000 years ago. The settlement itself has existed since the Hittite period, i.e. from approx. 1500 lat p.n.e. It passed into the hands of the Frygs in turn, The Lydians, Persians and Macedonians (after …
From the beginning of its existence, Kayseri was located at the crossroads of the most important trade routes of Asia Minor. The city was founded as Mazaka, ok. 2 km south of today's center of Kayseri. It is not known exactly, When was it, but certainly Mazaka already existed approx. …
Aksaray is an old town located at the crossroads of important trade routes leading from the west to the east (Konya – Kayseri) and from north to south (Ankara-Adana). It is a real oasis among the steppes and mountains, inhabited since antiquity. About 2000 lat p.n.e. …