24 May, 2012
On our trip to the Black Sea Coast we visited the delightful Turkish seaside port of Sinop where we visited many of the sights of interest including the museum as well as a number of mosques.
Sinop has a long history once being used as a Hittite port, a Greek colony in 7th century , a port on the Caravan Route from the upper Euphrates valley and also became part of the Roman Byzantine Empire. It was captured by the Ottomans in 1458. There was a US military base in Sinop which was important for intelligence during the cold war era. The US base was closed in 1992.
We stayed overnight in a picturesque 4 star Anti Hotel that was a little out of town.
(Remember to click on the photos to enlarge them)
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| Turkish Black Sea Coastline |
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| Fran Enjoying Turkish Ayran |
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| The Sinop Harbour |
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| Harbourside Fish Restaurant |
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| Colourful Boats in the Harbour |
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| Ataturk Statue and Town Square |
As usual we spent a considerable time in the Archaeological Museum (1921) which has an excellent account of Sinop's history and of the Crimean War and Russian attack which almost destroyed the city.
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| Byzantine Gold Coins and Vase |
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| Amphora Unique to the Sinop Museum |
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| Ottoman Grave Headstones |
The Alaaddin Mosque, which has five domes, was built by Alaaddin Keykubad (a Seljuk Sultan) between 1220 to 1237. As you can see it was difficult to get a good photo of it because of the size and the nearness of other buildings.
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| Alaaddin Mosque |
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| The Beautiful Interior |
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| Our Guide Tash Discussing the Features of the Mosque |
We stopped for lunch on the second day at the Gol Restaurant famous not only for it's food but also for it picturesque setting beautiful gardens and view of this stunning Mosque.
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| Tom in the Gardens |
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One of the many Mosques dotted along the coastline
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