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The Black Sea


The Black Sea still retains its mystique, thousands of years after Xenophon’s men retreated towards it, shouting, ‘the sea! the sea!’. A wildly hostile coastline, with hardly a harbour to speak of for a thousand kilometres, and the most astonishing of hinterlands.

Getting there

Hire a car from Istanbul and drive all the way to Batumi!

Sights

  • Kastamonu’s İzbeli Konak
    Kastamonu
  • Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque
    Kastamonu
  • Kastamonu konaks
    Kastamonu
  • Kastamonu town
    Kastamonu
  • Sümela Monastery
    Trabzon
  • Trabzon Hagia Sophia
    Trabzon
  • Santa Maria, Trabzon
    Trabzon
  • Beldeğirmen
    İnebolu
  • See more »

Art & Museums

  • Trabzon Atatürk Kültür Merkezi
    Trabzon
  • Baksı Museum
    Bayburt

Shopping

  • Münire Medresesi
    Kastamonu

Restaurants

  • Munire Sultan Sofrasi
    Kastamonu
  • Eflanili Konak
    Kastamonu

Hotels

  • Toprakçılar Mansions
    Kastamonu
  • Kastamonu’s Uğurlu Mansions
    Check availability

    Kastamonu
  • Safranbolu Gülevi Hotel
    Safranbolu
  • Raşitler Bağ Evi
    Check availability

    Safranbolu
  • See more »

Reading List


  • Kastamonu: The Painted Mosque
    (Cornucopia 45)

  • Whistling Down the Wind
    (Cornucopia 18)

  • Land of a Thousand Mansions
    (Cornucopia 34)

  • In the Tracks of the Ten Thousand

  • Yörük Köy: A Mansion of Perfect Modesty
    (Cornucopia 47)

  • Peak Performance
    (Cornucopia 28)

  • Dark view of the Black Sea
    (Cornucopia 24)

  • Rural Architecture of the Eastern Black Sea Region

  • Ups and Downs along the Black Sea

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