Amasya, Turkey Travel Blogs

Pummukkale
Nov 3, 2000 (9 photos)

The beauty of Pummukkale is still very much apparent even though most of the calcium rich Travertine Pools were currently closed due to restoration. Some of the pools were however still open and the warm water was relaxing to paddle in. The Terraces are ...

Amasya
Jul 10, 2008

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Amasya
Jul 14, 2008 (15 photos)

... knowledge attainable at the time and compose the first scientific basis for geography. 5.  It was during his conquest of Amasya around 47 BC that Julius Caesar declared in his immortal words, "Veni, vidi, vici." - "I came, I saw, I ...

Magical Amasya
Nov 1, 2007 (20 photos)

... a couple nights and it looked like an interesting place but I was still happy to be bypassing it.   We got to Amasya shortly before sunset and I was impressed by this place from the onset. This place reminded me a lot of Salzburg in ...

Ottoman House
Sep 10, 2008

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ON the road again!
Mar 28, 2005 (2 photos)

Hello all! Well we did Turkey in 4 days. It was awesome to see Jen again but Istanbul was a let down. Seeing the Aya Sophia, the blue mosque and the Basilica Cistern was awesome but the city as a whole was not that great. Selcuk and Efeses ...

Amasya: Just a Stopover This Time
May 18, 2008

... as an excuse to have a nice dinner. I ate in a restaurant said by the Lonely Planet guide book as the place where the Amasya movers and shakers dine. Well, the young ones next to me were noisy, and the meal was undistinguished. Enough said. In the morning ...

Amasya, Turkey
Aug 2, 2008 (19 photos)

... my bike. Lucky for us the campground we supposed to stay didnt work out so we have been put into an hotel on the river...Amasya seems like a rather amazing town, have not read much about it yet but the clıffs seem to have some kind of temple or fort cut ...

Amasya-Gumus-Gumushacikoy
Aug 7, 2008

... ; We've been to Merzifon, Amasya, Gumus, Gumushacikoy so far.  We climbed to the top of King Pontus' tomb in Amasya.  I don't recommend climbing smooth rocks with croc sandals - that was so dangerous.  We went to one wedding already and ...

Ottoman town with charme
Sep 16, 2009 (6 photos)

Amasya ıs one of the last well preserved Ottoman towns ın Turkey. Here was the educational and learning center of the Kalifs and Sultans before they took over ther reign. We stayed ın a beautıful pension which was providıng rooms ...

A stunningly-set Ottoman town
Apr 26, 2002

Nothing to see here - map pin only.