Polonezkoy - A Stairway to Heaven in Istanbul
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Polonezkoy … A brand new stairway to heaven inside Istanbul; a privilege, a life style… Having a nice weekend trip and meal in an atmosphere of a province beside a metropolitan city… Breathing fresh air, walking inside the heavenly nature away from traffic chaos…
All and more in this sweat and lovely Polish village, 20 km. beside Istanbul…
Polonezkoy awaits you !!!
This village in Turkey where Polish people live, sounds a bit exciting at the beginning by means of sociological and geographical. And there it is the most extraordinary surprise of Istanbul ….
This Polish village which was established by the Polish people who were settled in Istanbul during the invation of Poland in 1842, nowadays brings together both modern life and tradition with its heavenly nature, villas, hotels&pensions, restaurants and green parks… Polonezköy is known for it’s fresh air, natural beauty, butter, honey, and cherries. Traditional Polonezkoy Cherry Festival is being organized each year in June with dancers and visitors coming from Poland… There are about 500 Polish residents in the village…
Polonezköy is a unique village with its success in protecting its nature and environment around Istanbul… Before you come to this lovely village, while you were passing through the roads surrounded with pine trees and green lands, you suddenly feel yourself purified from the crowdedness, noise and chaos of Istanbul…
Just at the entrance of the village, a church and a Catholic cemetery welcomes you inside… About a 100 meters ahead you arive to the village’s small square full of roses and flowers where you may find small souvenir shops of honey and tradional Polonezkoy items made by the Polonezkoy folks. You may also find horses ready to be hired… After a small walk you realise that the village is formed inside a forest of pine, oak, hornbeam, fir, and chestnut trees. Thus your eyes get refreshed and relaxed with each tone of green…
There are various accomodation opportunities in Polonezkoy. You may find many big or small villas serving as hotel or pension. The houses of the village are surrounded with sweat tradional fences and high trees… Entrances are full of special roses named “yediveren” and flowers…
Polonezkoy is like a pit stop of your busy, crowded and boring metropolitan life that purifies you with joy… Both seasons you may taste Polonezkoy’s charming nature. Polonezkoy is very ideal for your various activities like weekend holiday, daily trips, picnics, dinner at famous restaurants, weddings, meetings, parties etc…
For the ones who want to taste the nature, silence, activities in a havenly place
For further information visit : www.polonezkoy.com
Source :polonezkoy.com
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