The walls
On the peninsula.
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Amasra is a small Black Sea port town in Bartın Province, northern Turkey, about 13 km north of Bartın and 61 km northwest of Safranbolu in a straight line. It has about 6,000 residents and today lives mainly from tourism. The town takes its name from Amastris, niece of the last Persian king Darius III, who combined four small Ionian settlements into one city bearing her name. The site's older name was Sesamus, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad. Amasra has two islands: the Great Island and the small Rabbit Island. The old town stands on a rocky peninsula between two bays, ringed by old stone walls and linked to the Great Island by an arched stone bridge. Red-roofed houses climb the green hills around the bay, with forested mountains dropping to the sea behind. Visitors wander the lanes inside the walls, cross the stone bridge to the island and sit in fish restaurants on the bay. They swim at the small beaches in summer, and the town makes a good trip from Safranbolu.
On the peninsula.
To the Great Island.
On the bay.
Amasra, Bartın, Turkey
Late spring to early autumn.
Safranbolu.