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North
Central Anatolia
As
yet little known to the 'outside world',
is an absolute delight - full of wonderful
surprises. Just east of Istanbul, and north
to north-east of Ankara, it offers a great
variety of scenery and fascinating sites.
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Highlights
of this area include:
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forests,
mountains, alpine villages and lakes
including the breathtakingly beautiful
Golcuk Lake
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charming "old world" Safranbolu, a UNESCO
World Heritage Site, with some of the
most beautiful traditional old Ottoman
mansions in Turkey
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the very picturesque town of Amasya,
which was once the capital of a great
Pontic kingdom around 300BC. Its setting
in a narrow gorge of the Yesilirmak
(Green River) with the reflections of
its traditional wooden Turkish mansions,
or konaks, surrounded by high cliffs
where impressive Pontic rock tombs are
lit at night, makes an unforgettable
sight.
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Sivas,
which was an important city on the Silk
Road during the Middle Ages, with its
superb 13th century Seljukian architecture,
said to be the finest ever erected.
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the
marvellous ancient Hittite sites of
Yazilikaya with its two open air rock
sanctuaries, and the vast city of Hattusas
which was the capital of the Hittite
Kingdom (1400-1200 BC).
Please
refer to our tours
page for tours taking in this region.
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