We have our breakfast at the hotel and drive to Sinop and visit Erfelek Tatlıca Waterfalls, which were found accidentally during the road construction of Erfelek Dam. There are 28 smaller and bigger waterfalls between green trees.
We visit the only fjord of Turkey, Hamsilos Fjord with its magnificent view, clean atmosphere. Hamsilos Site covers Hamsilos Harbor and its surroundings, which is a natural harbor that is stated to be a fjord in many publications, based on its similarity to the fjords in Scandinavia. This fjord offers us the visual richness of a place where the sea, the bay, and the green meets.
We then move to Sinop center to visit Sinop Prison, which is known as impossible to escape and kept some celebrities. This historical prison is also known as “Alkatraz of Anatolia”, was turned into a museum in 1999. The prison also took part in songs and poems.
The castle, which is surrounded by sea and located inside the historical city walls, was built 4000 years ago by the Gaskins who ruled the area at that time.
Greeks, Pontus, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, and Ottomans had preserved and strengthened the castle during their reign. The oldest documents regarding the use of the castle as a prison date back to 1568. Evliya Çelebi mentioned this prison in his travelogue as; “It’s a huge and scary castle. It has 300 iron gates, giant guardians, notorious prisoners hanged from their arms to grates. Guardians take a walk on the paths like dragons. For God’s sake, they don’t even allow birds to fly around the place, it’s impossible to escape.”
The inner castle was turned into a prison in 1887 officially. Veysel Pasha added hammam as well as the new building to this structure during his period. A new building was also added in 1939 to use this place as a prison for children.
We get back to our vehicle after 45 minutes of the prison visit to drive to our hotel.
Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Samsun.
Breakfast – at the hotel
Lunch - Excluded
Dinner – at the hotel
Accommodation -https://www.radissonhotels.com/tr-tr/oteller/park-inn-samsun?cid=a:se+b:gmb+c:emea+i:local+e:pii+d:eerut+h:TRSSX1