Sinope, Turkey
Charming and cosmopolitan Sinop is both the most northerly point on the Turkish Black Sea Coast and also the best protected harbor. It is now a place of little consequence compared with its importance in antiquity, when it was a busy commercial city at the northern end of important caravan routes from Cappadocia and the lands of the Euphrates. The town streets, with some lovely surviving Ottoman houses, are a delight, while history-fiends will enjoy climbing upon the old city fortifications, with their panoramic sea views down by the harbor. The Tarihi Cezaevi building (old jail) on Sakarya Caddesi is also a fascinating, and particularly creepy, place to see.
Epic Turkey Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
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