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Amasya

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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

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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 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- 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.

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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.

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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 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

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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. You can encounter the eagle, red hawks, gray keşkek (a dish of mutton or chicken and herons, grey wagtail can coarsely ground wheat) and bread baking be observed. tradition realized with the style of collective work in the tracks in the region. In addition to the dough bread, the flatbreads (bazlama) flavored with the mountain herbs are really very delicious, definitely try them. The detailed information related to the [5] The Elmabeli, Eğinönü, Gastronomy Path whose total length of its Abdullah, Aksu, Göl, routes reaches to 305 km. on 25 routes Örencik and Gökçedoğan being marked in the international standards plateaus of Çorum giving can be reached from the address of www. possibility for the horse gastronomiyolu.com. nature sports, trekking, paragliding, cycling and caravan tourism have the ideal tracks for the adventure-lovers.

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pine”). The trekking track starting from the Abdullah Plateau and ending in the Onar Plateau is a track which has a very beautiful The plateau houses having the plateau natural scene. architecture as specific to the region Take the photograph of commit different experiences to you. the dance of the colors in the Kargı and Osmancık Osmancık Başpınar Karaca Plateau forests. Make trekking at the slopes of Kösedağ and enjoy the scene at the natural terraces. Make camping on the coast of Örencik, Gökçedoğan There are track routes for trekking and and Gölbel lakes. Visit the appropriate areas and accommodation wooden houses which possibilities for camping in the Karaca Plateau are made without using located in the Osmancık district Başpınar town. any nails at the Kargı and Kargı Holiday Village İskilip Plateaus.

Inside the pine forests, fishing in the presence of the bird sounds, going for ride in the unique natural beauties with the phaetons, or road Oğuzlar Obruk Dam vehicles, wandering on the lake with the water In the Obruk Dam bicycle are only some of the indispensible established in the valley characteristics of Kargı Holiday village... between the İskilip and You will move away from the city stress in Oğuzlar district, there are the holiday village which is established at the water sports, fishing, coast slopes of the oxygen depot green mountains facilities, picnic areas and and you can accommodate at the wooden restaurant where you can houses which are specially prepared for the eat dishes towards the guests. Abdullah Plateau The Abdullah Plateau taking place on the Çorum’s highest mountain Kös Mountain (2050 m) being approximately 30 km wonderful lake scene. Also, distant to the Kargı district is an enjoyable you can benefit from the area for the plateau tourism lovers. Also, in activities such as cruiser, the upper side, there is an interesting tree powerboats, jet skis, and called ‘Otuz iki çatal çam’ (“thirty two fork windsurfing.

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Samsun is the place where the Anatolia with its golden yellow hills meets with the green and blue.

It is possible to encounter every tone of the the nature photographers nature in this rich geography which is revived with many bird types with the fertility that the Yeşilırmak and that it shelters and the Kızılırmak deltas bring. The beach having the floating peat islands is length of kilometers crowns the city and the also famous for its sailing large and small lakes and mountains aligned competitions. The water as one after another form a natural beauty. skiing and windsurfing Especially in the spring months in which are also among the some the forests are revived with the Black Sea of the activities to be rains, it is a unique experience to observe realized on the lake. these limpid scenes. The Kocadağ Trekking organized in the month of June every year is colored with the various activities. It is good

The city center of Samsun also hides appropriate areas for the alternative for the ones who cannot give up the skiing in travel. You can sail to the winter to turn their routes to the Akdağ. the blues of the Black The Akdağ Winter Sports and Skiing Center Sea with the laser type which is established between the Uzunyazı sailboats on the cool hill having an altitude of 1788 and Yemişen waters of the harbor. If hill having the altitude of 1404 on the peak you are in Samsun in 19th of the Akdağ in the Ladik district of Samsun May, do not return without accommodates the sportsmen with its long, watching the Off-Shore wide and sloped tracks. Also, Akdağ is an Competitions which are alternative route for the photo-safari and organized every year. climbing with the wonderful snow scenes. Bandırma Beach and The natural grass areas of the Akdağ Sukay host the grass skiing competitions in the summer months.

SUKAY which is the first water ski facility of the Black Sea is also the first The Ladik Lake covering a part of the cabled water ski center Ladik plain is of the rising stars of the of turkey which is built Black Sea with both its natural beauty and on the sea. In the facility, the local entertainments that it hosts. The there are water ski training lake which attracts the great attention of track, beach and caravan

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In addition to these, there is also the possibility of making picnic. In Turkey, There are beach, pool, rehabilitation center, accommodation building Ayvacık and disabled people basketball field in which the disabled people can enter inside with the wheelchairs with the help of the elevator system in the Mavi Işıklar Training and Rehabilitation Center as oriented for the disabled people only in Samsun. The boat rides can be realized between Kızılırmak Delta Bird Paradise the villages located at the two sides of the Suat Uğurlu Dam Lake located in the Ayvacık district. It presents ideal environments for its Kızılırmak Delta has great importance in guests in terms of the terms of the whole world ecology not only for fishing, paragliding, Turkey as being formed of small and large and mountain-hiking. 20 units of lakes and big marsh and reed Also, you can feel fields having the width of 56.000 hectares yourself in another and having a very big area and also in terms world with its wonderful of the number of birds it shelters. scene and clean air for It has been declared as the wild life mountaineering, photo- development field. The natural characteristics safari, riding and other of this area have been protected mostly and many activities. In the it is the only wetland of our country in the lake, carp, chub, perch coast of the Black Sea. and catfish are bred. The Kızılırmak Delta has a vital importance for the bird types passing the Black Sea Kunduz Forests directly during the immigration. The Kunduz Forests which can be visited in summers Kabaceviz Waterfalls and winters are located in The Kabaceviz Waterfall in the Tekkeköy the Vezirköprü district of district of Samsun exhibits all of its beauties Samsun. It is separated with the arrival of the fall. It is possible to from its similar ones with see all colors of the fall in the region. its green and unique flora. In the area which is formed from the union It gives peace to its visitors of the waterfalls, the mountaineering, with the river passing in its trekking and photo-safari can be realized. middle.

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In the Kunduz Forests which also host the facility, there are also many plateau tourism in the summer months, sportive opportunities such various festivals are organized every year. as ski rental, atv safari, snow The deers are released to the natural motorcycle tours. Other than environment in the Deer Breeding Farm the ski, it is also possible to taking place in the Kunduz Forests. rent sledge to be used at the less sloped track by the beginners and children.

Şahinkaya Canyon The snow scenes on the white hills aligned one after another are extremely appropriate for the environmental trekking and photograph takes. It takes 10 minutes to reach to the The Şahinkaya Canyon which is 17 km peak from the facilities with distant to the Vezirköprü district is a corner the chair lift. from the paradise with its bays, fjords and ancient settlements, and interesting natural Ladik Hamamayağı spa structure. The height of the canyon wall fascinating the ones who see it with its grandeur reaches to 340 m. This canyon in which the turquoise colored waters of Kızılırmak find ways for themselves between the steep cliffs is also a passage. The length of this mysterious passage advancing as It has been determined as snaking is approximately 3 kilometers. It is the first degree important an extremely ideal region for the day trips, and privileged spa water photo safaris, hiking, mountaineering, fishing in Turkey. The spas in and water sports such as canoeing. Ladik and Havza have been known during the Ladik Akdağ Ski Center history. The Hamamayağı The width of the track and its slope is was used as the health extremely appropriate for the skiers at every center in the Romans and level. For the ones who want to ornament the previously. There are picnic weekend with the nature, sports and snow area where a small river scene, the Lâdik Akdağ Facilities is a very nice passes and a facility near place in which you can spend good times with the spa. It is known that your family. In addition to the accommodation the spa water has positive and food and beverage opportunities, in the effects on many illnesses.

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Tokat, the city where the rainbows of color of the nature accompany to its plateaus, forests and clean air and where the different riches are blended with its lakes and spas.

Ballıca Cave

The Çamiçi plateau is indispensable for the nature-lovers with its Ballıca Cave which is of the most splendid air having the highest natural museums of the world and which oxygen rate after the Kaz is estimated to be started to be formed 4 Mountains in Turkey and million years ago is 35 km distant to Tokat with the natural trekking and in the Ballıca village in the Pazar district. paths between the pine Here is a very attractive cave having the trees. length of 680 m and height of 94 m. In the cave where the ambient temperature is 18 °C, the rich stalactites and stalagmites, cave roses, stalactite pools take place. Having the “Onion-like stalactites” formations which are not available in any Also, the orienteering caves in Turkey and availability of the tournaments are organized “pipistrelle bats” living in colonies in the in the name of Cup. different places of the cave are its most Dilimkaya Canyon important characteristic features. The cave is composed of 8 halls which are connected to each other as semi-horizontal and semi-vertical. The inner part of the cave has been separated to the sections and each section is called with the different names. “Pooled Hall, Great Stalactites Hall, Fossil Shop, Bats Hall, Mushroom Hall, Columns Hall and New Hall “. Niksar Çamiçi Plateau Niksar’s famous plateau Çamiçi Plateau The Dilimkaya Canyon is the first camping area having project which has been in Turkey. It gives 7/24 services for four mentioned in the legends seasons with the bungalows, caravan, is located 8 km south camping areas, social facilities and apart of the Gökçeli town of hotels. Niksar. It is an important

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There are very delicious fishes called Kızılkanat (Aynalı Sazan) (Rudd (Carp)) The Almus district is a natural paradise by the local community. which shelters all kinds of beauties of The lake having the unique the nature with its rivers, plateaus, picnic beauty has been taken areas. The majority of it is covered with under protection as the the forests. In these areas, it is possible to Nature Park. The region is encounter many wild animals. the natural wonder with the There are camp and picnic areas, and Zinav Lake and Canyon, bays available for swimming and viding İnkaya Cave, Sülüklü sports in the surrounding of Almus Dam (Leeched) Lake which is Lake which is fed with three units of said to be good for many rivers. The lake is also very appropriate diseases, Zinav Plateau and for doing water sports such as the water the Zinav Valley in which ski, rowing, canoeing and sailing. The river the organic agriculture is coming from the Tozanlı valley which is realized. the biggest one of the rivers rises from the slopes of the high mountains and feeds Reşadiye Spas the dam lake. In the distance that it covers till it reaches to the dam lake, it passes through the narrow passages and valleys and this area is a wonderful rafting area.

The Reşadiye Spas whose water is slightly salty, sour, odorless and colorless has the temperature of 40-49 °C. In the spa which is known to be good for the Zinav Lake painful diseases, there is a It is a freshwater lake which is 3 km distant facility having the capacity to the Yolüstü town in the Reşadiye district. of 124 persons and 52 The lake is fed by a creek coming from the rooms, and also the mountains. It has approximately 1,5 km of Physical Treatment and area. The water discharged from Mansap Rehabilitation Unit gives reaches to the Kelkit River. services in the facility.

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Reşadiye Selemen Plateau bird types and watching the evening night have a different taste.

Yavuz Sultan Selim who started the Çaldıran campaign in the year of 1514 accommodated in this plateau with his army and made the Friday prayer there. Till the first snow falls, the traditional plateau bazaar is made every Friday in the spring months in Selemen Plateau. The people coming In the Kaz Lake which has from the Tokat and surrounding provinces great importance as the meet their requirements in this bazaar with wild life protection field their products. In the Selemen plateau, the in terms of the wetlands shopping is realized with the exchanges. of Turkey, there are bird observation towers, visitor Sulusaray Spa house and trekking path formed between the trees in the lake edge. Cedar Forests

The source which is also referred to as ‘’Çernik Önü-Ilıca Spa’’ in Sulusaray is located near the historical Sebastapolis Ancient City. The spa source rising from the ancient city remains is 750 m high from the sea level. Its water which is shown among the cold and warm salty water sources is composed of the sodium chloride, sulfate and bicarbonate water. The Taurus Cedar which The spa whose temperature is 32-44,3 °C made its main expansion rises from a faultline and it was effective in the Mediterranean also in the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Region is naturally grown Ottoman periods. in two points in the Black Sea in the surroundings of Kaz Lake and Niksar. These Experiencing the excitement of making areas are the last point rides with the primitive rafts among the in the north where the reeds in the Kaz Lake sheltering tens of Taurus Cedar is observed.

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