Çakallar Watching Terrace

It is in the south of the city centre, at the foot of Ferhat Mountain and 250m high. Ali Kaya Meat Restaurant has an indoor restaurant, outdoor garden , picnic area and a terrace from which you can watch the city and the valley with a bird’s eye view.

Pirler Park

 

It is a park in the city centre, having the tomb of Pir İlyas in. It serves with closed and open places, an artificial waterfall, natural structure and a picnic area.

Pine Grove(Çamlık) Picnic Area

It is in Atatürk Woods next to Vocational High School in the west side of the city. It has attractions such as picnic areas, a walking track, watching terrace as well as an eating and drinking unit.

Ziyaret (Gölbaşı)

While entering Ziyaret Town ,to which you can go by turning left at the 3rd km of Amasya-Taşova road, you see a restaurant with a closed and an open section in which you have the opportunity to have a picnic together in immense green fields.

Yeşil Yenice

You can reach this place by turning right at the 13th km of Amasya-Taşova road. In its picnic area, you see its natural beauty with an 800-year old sycamore (çınar) and a miniature pool.

Uygur Çamlıgöl Social Facilities

The facility at the 35th km of Tokat road is in Uygur Town. It has 745 altitude and inside 2000m square green land. There is an eating unit, pool, playground, carpark and 10 camellias.

Yassıçal (Yaylagöl Social Facilities)

It is 16km from the city centre. You should turn right at the 7th km of Amasya-Taşova road. The facility at an 1050 altitude has wooden summerhouses around a pool, an artificial waterfall, playground, carpark, wc, football, volleyball and camping facilities.

Kaynar Lake

It is on the right of the 14th km of Amasya-Tokat road and there is a pond full of fish and a restaurant as well as a picnic area.

Sarılık

It is at the 13th km of Amasya-Tokat road and an excursion spot for the day.

Terziköy Spa

 

Located on a 54.000m green land, İt is 36km from the city centre,. The spa serves local and foreign guests with its hotel, motel and bungalows as well as swimming pools, private cabins, restaurant, outdoor cafe, cafeteria, large green land, playground, park, car park and picnic areas.

 

Şarlayık

 

The excursion spot is reached by turning right at the 12th km of Merzifon-Gümüşhacıköy road. Its natural beauty, restaurant and picnic areas make it one of the attractions local and foreign guests visit.

Omarca

You can reach there by turning right on the hill of the 12th km Gümüşhacıköy-Hamamözü road and following this gravel road. The surrounding was organized by the Directorate of Forest Management. It is a relaxation spot inside a forest. Local people prefer it due to its drinking water, picnic facility and natural beauty for their weekends.

Gökoluk

It is 7km from Merzifon, in the north-west. The rain shelter made by the Directorate of Forest Management, the country teahouse, playground, picnic fireplace and tables, natural beauty and drinking water make this spot people’s choice for weekends.

Seven Swans Bird Paradise (Yedikır Dam)

It is 7km from the road in the south of Suluova. The lake is a bird paradise which shelters more than 34 kinds of birds from 16 familias such as swan, wild goose, wild duck, ruddy sheldrake, cormorant and piscivorous.

It is an attractive picnic area of the region because of its natural beauty , walking track,social facilities made by SWA(DSİ), fish production and amateur fish hunting.

Gani Baba

It is 8km from Amasya-Suluova road. It serves as both a visiting area and a picnic area near Saygılı Village of Suluova.

Kapaklı

It is on Amasya-Suluova road and 36km from the town centre. It is a relaxation area inside a forest with its social facilities, picnic area and natural beauty; therefore local people prefer this place for having a picnic, especially at weekends.

Akınoğlu Lake Facilities

This facility serves with its natural beauty, a lake, outdoor cafe and a picnic area in Akınoğlu town when you go there, following the 10km road after turning right at the 40th km of Amasya-Taşova road.

Belevi Akpınar Resting Facilities

You go 40km along Amasya-Taşova road and then turn right. At the 6th km of this road is Belevi town. The facility serves visitors with its natural beauty, a lake full of trouts, open and closed cafes and a picnic area.

Borobay Lake

 

At the 44th km of Amasya-Taşova road, you turn left and go along Taşova-Samsun road. Once again you turn left at the 14th km and reach the lake. It is a wonder of nature with an 1050 altitude.

HOW TO GO AMASYA:

Air Transport

The nearest airport is in Samsun, 130km from the city.

The efforts to open the military airport in Merzifon to civil flights are under way.

There are scheduled flights to Samsun from Istanbul. Check out www.turkishairlines.com

Surrounded by some of the most beautiful Black Sea scenery, Trabzon province has grown over the years to cover an area of 4,664 square kms and now has a population of almost one million people. Trabzon is an old city that has weathered the storms of battle, invasion, natural disaster and internal upheaval.

 

Trabzon straddles the trade corridor that stretches from the depths of Asia to deep into Europe . For centuries some of the world’s greatest travellers have visited Trabzon , from Xenophon to Evliye Celebi, from Fallmerayer to Frunze . In the past, even as today no one who visits Trabzon can fail to be impressed by its history of economic and social development, its importance in the world of arts and cultural growth. Many indeed are those who have written in praise of Trabzon ’s patronage of the arts, its protection of fine works of immense historical value. Many have noted its geographical and trade connections with Asia, the Caucasias, the Far east, the Middle East, Istanbul and Europe . Others have been moved to write about its magnificent backdrop of mountains so richly covered in green in the summer and with glistening snow in the winter. Today Trabzon is just as beautiful, and remains a centre for trade, education, sport, tourism and culture.

The years have awarded Trabzon with medallions of progress-historic libraries, the fourth university to be established in Turkey , some of the first health and medical foundations, ever-expanding port facilities, a marina, a busy airport, a World Trade Centre, museums and foundations in support of the Arts.

The province of Trabzon is filled with ruins and historical artifacts that range from castles to monasteries. Charming mountain villages delight the eye, rugged mountain passes remind the passing traveller of the huge power of nature. Of all the natural and other wonders of the province, perhaps the world famous Sumela monastery best typifies what Trabzo9n has to offer.

The cultural mosaic that is Trabzon , includes in its diversity artists, musicians, painters, researchers into the arts and philosophies, academics and poets. Trabzon in fact, fathers more artists and painters than anywhere else in Turkey.

After the arrival of printing in Turkey , Trabzon was the first to set-up a press.

With a history of civilisation and culture going back thousands of years, Trabzon province has over a thousand sites that record Trabzon ’s cultural fullness. So much so that Trabzon has been described as a sort of open-air museum, a richly endowed inheritance from which all can benefit wonderfully. This together with the natural endowments with which Trabzon has been abundantly blessed, has contributed much to the increasing tourism in the region. An increasing number of touristic sites and developments is turning the area into one of Turkey ’s fastest growing tourist regions.

Any review of Trabzon and its surrounding areas would be incomplete if it did not mention its own Trabzonspor football team. Both at home and abroad, Trabzonspor has enjoyed many successes and has done much to introduce Turkey and the Black Sea to the world.

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