One Week Tour Plan In Kastamonu
First day program can mainly be done with the cultural tourism activities in the city center. Within the context of the program,
visiting Independence Square, Kastamonu Government Office and the city history museum and from here going to Clock Tower,
after looking the city’s view from there, visiting city center and Münire Theology School crafts bazaar,Yılanlı Darüşşifa, Khans and
Liva Paşa Ethnography Museum. After the lunch has been eaten in one of the regional food house, Archeology Museum, Castle,
Şheikh Şaban-ı Veli Complex and Founation Museum, Hand-woven exhibition center, rock-cut tombs, Architect Vedat Tek Culture
and Art Center and Museum of Republic can be visited and then İsmail Bey Complex and Crafts Bazaar, Handicrafts Exhibition
Center, in which hand-covered wood and weaving and rug works can be seen and bought; so the first day program can be finished.
Second day program is a program which will be done to Küre Mountains and Kastamonu coastal strip center. By taking the road
early in the morning, visiting Küre Ecevit Khan which on the way of İndependence.Taking breakfast and Ecevit soup in intense
forest in here or with view of Ersizlerdere Canyon. Departuring to İnebolu after visiting Akşemseddin Mosque and other
historical monuments in Küre district. And in here, visiting İnebolu Türk Ocağı Building, Nezihe Battal Culture House and between
red vaccine painted İnebolu Houses. After resting under 6 age old oak tree, visiting Hacı Veli location and then will be gone to
Çatalzeytin. Here after visiting Ginolu Castle and beach, passing the shadow of Yaralıgöz Mountains, which is the highest point of
Küre Mountains, then returning to Kastamonu.
On the third and fourth days, there is a trip to Kastamonu’s outdoor sports center which are the hearts of Küre Mountains. At
route, there are Azdavay and Pınarbaşı. In Azdavay, Azdavay Waterfall, Çatak Canyon and Yanık Ali Mansion are the places which
must be certainly seen. On the route when you reach Pınarbaşı, Paşa Mansion, Ilgarini Inn,Valla Canyon, Ilıca Waterfall, Horma
Canyon can be seen.
Today’s program can be done to two big districts of Kastamonu and to their vast dates. At first, going Taşköprü district; Pompeipolis
ancient city, excavation site store museum can be visited. After visiting firstly Stone Bridge which gives its name to district and
belongs to Beylikler period, Government Office, Municipality Building, bazaar which in urban conversation area; lunch can be eaten
with that local food “Biryan Kebap”. From here taken the road to the slopes of Tosya Ilgaz Mountain and arrived Tosya. After
visiting historic bazaar, streets which are ornated with distingusihed structures of civil architecture; vast paddy fields and villages
which with indigenous “Bağ Evleri”, are can be visited.
Again to Cide coast can be gone by passing Ağlı and Şenpazar. After visiting Ağlı Castle and resudues in there with fresh air of
Ağlı, the fields of natural snowdrops according to the season in Şenpazar where in difficult construction of Küre Mountains, can be
visited and in any case Dağlı Kulyucu, which is the largest Doline of the Black Sea Region, can be visited. After the visiting in here
endless coast and cultural center, which is the house of Rıfat Ilgaz, can be seen in Cide and then going natural wonder Gideros Bay.
In here, day program is terminated watching wonderful colors of sunset.
There is an oxygen tour in Daday and Araç on the last day of the week. Priority direction is Daday which is 33 km away from
Kastamonu. Existing off to Daday, the first stop is Kasaba Village Mahmut Bey Mosque which is on the road of Daday. This
enormous mosque and its surrounding, which is belonging to year of 1366 and completely wood and all of the surfaces of its
painted with madder, can be visited. Moving out of here, Daday district, which has a quiet and regular life, historical places like
Government Office, Köpekçioğlu Mansion can be visited and then lunch is eaten with that local food “Etli Ekmek” (bread with
meat).Then oxygen-rich Ballıdağ which is hosting one of the first Turkey’s Sanatorium, can be visited and then entering the road of
Araç. After visiting places like castle and Government Office in district, 21 tableland, which have a height of 1600 m and continuing