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Sinop City Tour
offered by supplier M05425 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1
- 7
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 22
people
Destination(s):
Turkey
Specialty Categories:
Ecotourism
Archeology/History
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 60 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 300 Euro (EUR)
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If you want to see unique beauties of Sinop. Starting from Sinop, seeing Erfelek Waterfalls and passing from Akliman Bay, Hamsilos Fyord, İnceburun, Sarıkum, Ayancık İnaltı Cave, Akgöl, Boyabat Rock Graves, Boyabat old houses and catle Dranas Soğuksu Area, you can again reach Sinop. Beauties of Sinop don't finish with these. During summer, you can swim on all the coasts of Sinop.
You can use comfortably touristic institutions and also picnic areas of National Parks which are under preservation by the government. To learn more about Sinop, you must also see the museum in the city center and the temple of Serapis in the garden of the museum, Old Prison (connected with the castle of Sinop), Pervane Merdesseh and many other findings and works belonging to the Ottoman Empire and the Seljukies.
Tourism Centers and Places:
*Castle of Sinop: The Castle which founded in 2000 B.C. by local tribe Gaska was restored and enlarged during the Ottoman, the Seljukies, Byzantium, Roman, Greek and Pontus periods. Today, the castle of Sinop is constituted of walls whose lengths are 3m in width and 30-40m in height, changing according to the constitution of the bastion and walls. The well-preserved bastions and walls are the ones which are on the northwest of the inner castle and near the prison and Derinbogaz.
*The Temple of Serapis: The temple which the fragments are today in the garden of the museum, was digged by Dr. Ekrem Akurgal an L.Buddle in 1951. The temple has a rectangular shape. During the digging they found architectural finding of fired sail and figures of Serapis, Dionysos, Herakles, Issis and Kore. It is not known which God the temple belong to, however in the inscription found by Robiksnit was explained that the temple belonged to Serapis.
*Balatalr Church: The church, which stands in the ward Ada of Sinop, was constructed in A.C.660 during the Byzantium period. The church has a rectangular plan and west and east walls have been ruined but North and South walls are in a better condition. In the construction of the walls, four lines of stone and four lines of brick were used. It is one of the best examples of the period in the handwork of stone and brick. There are frescoes about Christ, Virgin Mary and Apostle.
*Alaaeddin Mosque: Alaaddin mosque, which had been recorded as belonging to Alaaddin Keykubat from the Seljuks, is 66m in length and 22m in width. The walls were made of on eline stone. There are 1 big and 2 small domes in the center and one each small dome on the west and east sides A 12m high wall on the North side surrounds the mosque and there is a fountain in the middle of the court yard. There are 5 doors opening to the courtyard.
*Pervane Medresseh: The Seljuki Vizier Süleyman Pervane had it built in 1261. It has a rectangular plan, South-north locations, a monumental entrance, 7 rooms, 10 classrooms, 2 wans, outbuilding. In of its two gardens there is a tomb. In the center of the Medresseh there is an open air courtyard with a fountain in the middle. This Medresseh had been run until the Republican period.
*Prison of Sinop: The area of the prison came into existence for the memory of the Seljuki Sultan İzzettin Keykavus who conquered Sinop on October 03 1214 and by jointing the main castle from North to South with a straight city wall. The prison stands in the inner castle made of high stone walls which have architectural part belonging to the periods of Byzantium, Roman Empire and Hellenistic. The Inner Castle surrounding the prison that has U plan and north-south location has been propped up with 11 bastions. The ways over the city walls making it possible to walk around the Inner Castle, had been used as the tour ways of the guardians.
*Sinop Museum: In 1921, the findings around Sinop were taken under preservation at the secondary school of the period, Mekteb-I Idadi. The building got insufficient by time so today's museum building was built in 1969 and opened the visits on 29 October 1970. In the museum, Works of Ottoman, Roman, Byzantium and Seljuk periods are being exhibited.
*The Tomb of Seyit Bilal: The tomb is situated on the Cezayirli Ali Paşa Mosque which stands in the ward Ada of east Sinop. It is the most popular vow place of the people with different wishes and wants.
*Inceburun: Inceburun is the most northern point of Turkey and it is about 24km far from the city. There is a light house on the most point of Inceburun in order to provide easiness of pass to the ships.
*Sarikum Lake: The Sarıkum lake, which stands on the west of the Sinop Peninsula and is 21km far from the city. The lake is 2km in length, 750m in width and 400 hectares in area. The water of the lake, which is close to the surface of the sea flows into the sea. It is a place where hundreds of birds accommodate in different months of the year. There is a narrow land piece between the lake and sea while walking. İt is possible to see the sea on one side, the Sarıkum lake on the other side and also Wild horses grooving up in the nature.
*Akliman Area: It is many km in length and 15-20m in width. Akliman Picnic Area has been organized by the National Park Head engineering. It has the opportunities to meet every kind of need. Besides there are motels, camping sites and picnic areas along the sandy beach is quite suitable for football and beach volleyball.
*Hamsilos Bay: It is 11km far from the city center. It has green forests, colorful flowers and the sea flows into the land as a river. It is the only fiord and swimming and fishing activities can be done. It is said that the ships running away from Russian had hidden here during the first World War.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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