Historic Building sights in The Black Sea & Northeastern Anatolia
- Sort by:
- Popular
-
Atatürk Villa
Escape the city at the Atatürk Villa, 5km southwest of Atatürk Alanı. Set above Trabzon in a forested neighbourhood, the three-storey white villa has fine views and lovely gardens. Designed in a Black Sea style popular in the Crimea, it was built between 1890 and 1903 for a wealthy Trabzon banking family, and given to Atatürk when he visited in 1924. It's now a museum of Atatürk memorabilia. Don't miss the simple table in the study with a map of the WWI Dardanelles campaign scratched into the wood.
City buses labelled 'Köşk' leave from outside the post office and drop you outside the villa (TL1.25). Don't get out at the stop that says 'Atatürk Köşk 200m'. The actual…
reviewed
-
Gazi Köşkü
About 1km south of the Mardin Kapısı, the Gazi Köşkü is a fine example of the sort of Diyarbakır house to which its wealthier citizens would retire in high summer. The house dates from the time of the 15th-century Akkoyunlu Turkoman dynasty and stands in a well-tended park. The caretaker will expect a tip for showing you around.
To get there, it's a pleasant, if rather isolated, downhill walk. Taxis charge TL15.
About 1km further south is the 11th-century On Gözlu Köprüsü (Ten-Eyed Bridge).
reviewed
-
A
Şurkav
If you're keen to admire the local architecture, pop into the Şurkav, a local government building near the entrance to Hotel Edessa, where the courtyard is draped with greenery.
reviewed
-
B
İl Özel İdaresi Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi
North of the market area, in the neighbourhood called Beykapı Mahallesi (take 1001 Sokak), have a look for this splendid house, restored in 2002. It was once a church.
reviewed
-
C
İlköğretim Okulu
This stately building now houses a school.
reviewed
-
D
Esma Ocak Evi
reviewed
-
E
Post Office
Turkey's most impressive former post office is housed in a 17th-century caravanserai covered with carvings, including teardrops in stone dripping down the walls. At the time of writing, the building was being diligently restored and was due to reopen in 2013.
reviewed