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Nature www.visitmiddleblacksea.com Amasya Çorum Samsun Tokat www.oka.org.tr Kale Mah. Cumhuriyet Cad.No:8 İlkadım/SAMSUN [email protected] Tel : 0362 431 24 00 /OrtaKaradenizKalkinmaAjansi Fax : 0362 431 24 09 /okaorgtr Amasya 3 Amasya When you pay attention to the peaceful water of Yeşilırmak which flows delicately among the wood scented Amasya palaces, you assume that you are in a coastal city. Yeşilırmak Amasya. The lake known Wandering among the palaces which are in to be a crater lake which rows at the edge of Yeşilırmak and which are is 800m high from the sea aligned as one after the other brings you to is indeed a natural set lake the old period due to the lights leaking from which is formed as a result the windows especially in the evening hours. of the occlusion of a small As if, someone will suddenly come out from river with the ruins coming somewhere with the Ottoman period clothes. from the surroundings. The color of the lake missed If there were not cars passing from the with the beech, pine, cedar, narrow one-way street of the neighbourhood, chestnut trees surrounding you almost believe in this situation. The it is the emerald green. architects of all buildings are generally the same. Almost all of them have 1 or 2 floors except the cellar below and have courtyard and in most of them, there are stove and well in the courtyard. The majority of the palaces are operated as boutique hotel. You can go for picnic for Boraboy Lake enjoying the tranquility in the coast of the Boraboy Lake; you can explore the paths in the forest for experiencing the nature. A known smell of humidity in the air. The sweet forest air immediately fills your lungs. There are bungalow houses, wooden houses You can walk to the lake in apart style, camps and picnic areas, coast. When you see that trekking trails in the Boraboy Lake which the sun makes the shadow is a natural wonder in the Taşova district of of the trees reflected to the water, you understand 4 Nature the Magnificent by inheritance, a summery house was built by the son of the sultan, Prince Mustafa, when he was appointed to Amasya as a governor and he stayed there for a while. From the Çakallar location, the drinking water that the city community how the Boraboy Lake is needed for year was met. called the “mirrored lake”. All colors of the forest are on the surface of the water. The lake reflects the forest. The yellow-white fringed flowers of the chestnut trees, the different tones In the Çakallar Hill which is one of the places of the pine trees changing where you can watch Amasya in the best from the green to the blue; way, the bright red hot tea is drunk there the hornbeam, beech, with another joy. chestnut trees on the slopes facing to the north Terziköy Spas and the yellow pine and black pine trees on the south... Some of them are buried in water up to their waists. The wild flowers, moss and mushrooms are Terziköy Thermal Tourism Center is in the decorating the lower side middle of the green nature part within the of the trees. The place borders of Çivi village in the provincial center covered whose some of Amasya. It has been understood from the parts are covered with the remains belonging to the Roman Period that reeds is also a small bird the spa which is only 36 km. distant from paradise. the city center and taking place near to the Amasya-Zile road has been used since this Çakallar (Coyotes) Hill period. The Çakallar Hill taking It is known that the bath and drinking cures place behind the Ferhat of the Terziköy thermal water having the Mountain in the south of temperature changing between 37-39 °C Amasya was the hunting have positive effects on some illnesses. area of the princes and In the spa, there is also a 5-star facility sultans in the Ottoman presenting the joy of spa with its clear period. Also, the summery air and healing waters in which you can palaces of the princes and accommodate with tour family. In the facility some pashas from Amasya in which there are swimming pools, Finnish were in this area. As the Sauna and traditional Turkish bath which the eastern sides of the women and men can use separately, you Çakallar location were left can also taste the most distinguished tastes to the Sultan Suleiman of the Turkish Cuisine. 5 Amasya Hamamözü Arkut Bey Spa facilities and amateur fishing taking place in the surroundings of the dam lake. Even though the history of the space located on the Laçin road in the Hamamözü district center as being 90 km. distant to Amasya is not known definitely, it is thought that it has been used since the ancient ages. It took The lake also has become its today’s name from the Arkut Bey who a bird paradise in which was one of the Seljuk princes. Inside the many bird types shelter. spa area, a public bath and a thermal hotel Amasya Apple having 63 rooms and 131 beds give service. It is known that the water of spa whose temperature is approximately 42,5 °C has the beneficial characteristics to many illnesses. Gözlek Spa Amasya is famous for its apple and cherry gardens. The joy of wandering in the sweet smelling apple gardens in the harvest season and eating fresh Gözlek Spa taking place on the 13th km apples by picking them of the Amasya-Çorum roadway can be from their branches is used as a complementary element in the unique. The characteristics treatment of many diseases with the water of the Amasya’s symbol temperature changing between 38-40 °C. muscatel apple (misket A thermal facility having 45 rooms, and 90 elması) are that one of beds gives service. its faces is red, the other face is yellow and it is Yedi Kuğular (Seven Swans) Bird thin-skinned and fragrant, Paradise (Yedikır Dam) hard and durable. When It is 7 km. distant to the Amasya -Suluova it is cut from the middle roadway. It is the region’s attractive picnic into two parts, the shape area due to its natural beauty, trekking of star is observed. If the track, social facilities and fish breeding muscatel apple (misket elması) which does not give products before the age of 8-10 gives products in one year, it does not give in the other year. 6 Çorum 7 Çorum Journey as alone with nature to the mystery of the history and brand-new adventures. Hittite Trekking Path and Bicycle its similar ones and on Tracks whose junction points there Hittite Trekking Path and Bicycle Tracks are signboards can be The Hittite Path passing through the reached from the address ancient cities of Hittite which dazzle the of www.hitityolu.com. world with its glorious history exhibits examples from the natural beauties and the cultural-ethnical mosaic of the Black Kızılırmak Basin Gastronomy and Trekking Path It is an ecotourism study Sea geography to its visitors. as brand-new in Turkey The backbone of the routes is composed of which combines the nature, Boğazkale-Hattuşa-Şapinuva, Alacahöyük- history and gastronomy Alaca-Şapinuva and Boğazkale-Alacahöyük culture. In the guidance of routes. The Alaca Creek Valley and İncesu the Kızılırmak River, with Canyon include alternative routes where its routes in the different the nature meets with the history. concept such as the trekking, bicycle, cultural scene vehicle road and jeep safari, it waits for the nature-lovers who also care the taste as well as the 17 trekking tracks which are marked activities. for 236 kilometers passing from the old Tepelice Village which is caravan and immigration roads reaches famous for its air full of totally to 385 kilometers together with the oxygen can be starting alternative routes. The total length of the point of your route... You six mountain bike routes is approximately can enter to the forest 406 kilometers. road heading to the Başköy direction by following the signboard in the nine- kilometer track. The detailed information regarding the Hittite Path trekking tracks which are identified with the red and white marks like 8 Nature İncesu Canyon When the junction where the four roads intersect is passed, an old mill is reached. The road transformed into the pathway after the Kolaylı creek reaches to a wonderful valley. In an area densely surrounded with The İncesu Canyon which the trees, you can advance on the hillside as is a nature wonder worth the creek bed remains at your left. The valley to be seen as being base which gradually gets deeper presents located in the Ortaköy unforgettable scenes in the presence of the İncesu Village has the small waterfalls. At the end of the valley, you length of 12.5 km and firstly meet with the farms and then with the width of 40-60 meters. Hacıveli Village. The benches in the covered The canyon whose both bridge are enjoyable places of break. slopes are surrounded with the steep cliffs has only one entrance and exit. It is an ideal track for the canyon rafting The continuation of the road that the and trekking sports. In surrounding village used to reach to the the canyon which is also Kargı Bazar in the past is full of farms. You rich in terms of the flora can try “iç pilavlı sırık kebabı” (roasted lamb and fauna, the creatures kebab with pilaf), buffalo milk yoghurt and such as the griffon Vulture, trout in some places giving accommodation red-beaked chough, snake and food service.