|
Information about
Amasya, Turkey
Amasya is a very beautiful and seldom visited town in the inner central Black Sea area of Turkey. The town, which was once the capital of a mighty Pontic kingdom and the birthplace of the world's first historian: Strabo, is situated in a gorge of the "Yesil Irmak" or Green River, and is framed by steep limestone cliffs. Some of these cliffs are carved with monumental rock-cut tombs of the ancient Pontic Kingdom and they are lit up beautifully at night.
The river is graced by a row of old Ottoman half-timbered houses with their upper stories jutting out over the water and some of these have been converted to charming little hotels. There is also a citadel with Hellenistic, Byzantine and Ottoman elements. Amasya has many Selcuk and Ottoman mosques and old "hans" (caravansaries turned into workshops). There is also a museum in town, which is newly open (closed Monday) to the public and features mummies from the Selcuk period.
Our
cultural insight tour 'Anatolian Houses and Temples'
takes in Amasya and other exciting sites of inner
Anatolia. |
