Bolu province is the city where the shades of green and blue embraces each other, sleeping and waking together, where the wind still whispers one of the most dramatic legends at the peaks of the high mountains, where numerous civilizations was founded and developed, leaving plenty of creations and artwork behind.
If you want to see the beauties of Bolu, which were kneaded by the nature, mankind and history together and listen to the

folk songs of Köroğlu which are sang by the mountains, all you need to do is endure a bus journey. Reaching Bolu Province is quite easy, as the city is located nearly at the middle point of the highway, which connects the two major cities, Ankara and Istanbul.
SITES OF INTEREST:
MUSEUM: Bolu Museum Address: Bolu Kültür Merkezi - Bolu Tel: (374) 215 39 72
HISTORICAL SITES AND RUINS: Akşemsettin Mausoleum- Göynük
Ancient Cities : Bolu (Bithynium - Claudiopolis), Seben Rock Houses, Gerede Asar Castle
Mosques : The mosques of Bolu province are Büyük Mosque (Yıldırım Beyazıt Mosque), Kadı Mosque, Saraçhane Mosque, İmaret Mosque, Ilıca Mosque, Süleyman Paşa Mosque, Yıldırım Mosque, Kanunî Mosque, Yukarı Tekke Mosque and Eskiçağa Yıldırım Mosque.
Mausoleums : The mausoleums of Bolu province are Tokaî Hayreddin Mausoleum, Akşemseddin Mausoleum, Ömer Sekkin Mausoleum, Aşağı Tekke Mausoleum, Ümmi Kemal Mausoleum, Kasım Dede Mausoleum and Babahızır Mausoleum.
Inns and Baths : Yukarı Taşhan (Upper Stone Inn), Orta Hamam (Central Bath),
Tabaklar Bath, Sultan Bath, Süleyman Paşa Bath, Yıldırım Beyazıt Bath, Yıldırım Bath,
Aşağı Bath (Lower Bath)
Civil Architecture : Göynük Houses, Mudurnu Houses
National and Natural Parks : Yedigöller National Park, Bolu Natural Preserved Areas
Abant Lake Nature Park
Thermal Springs : Bolu Thermal Spring, Babas Thermal Spring, Sarot Thermal Spring,
Bağlum (Kesenözü) Thermal Spring, Çatak Thermal Spring
Lakes : Abant Lake, Gölcük Lake, Gölköy Dam Lake, Yeniçağa Lake, Karamurat Lake,
Çubuk Lake, Sülük Lake, Sünnet Lake, Karagöl (Black lake), Akkaya Strait
Highlands : Aladağ Plateaus, At Plateau, Gerede Plateausi, Kıbrısçık Plateaus,
Mengen Plateaus, Mudurnu Plateaus, Göynük Plateaus, Seben Plateaus, Kızık Plateau
SIGNIFICANT DAYS:
Local Days of Celebration: Commemoration Days for Akşemseddin Göynük 24 July
Traditional Wrestling Competitions Gerede-Esentepe Last Sunday of July
Atatürk's Visit to Bolu Bolu 17 July
İzzet Baysal Days 7 -13 May / BOLU
Şair Dertli Commemoration Day 2 -8 July / BOLU
Şeyh-Ül Ümran Bairam 2 -8 July / BOLU
Tekke Ümmi Kemal Bairam 2 -8 July / BOLU
Tokad-İ Hayrettin Hz. Commemoration Day 16-22 July / BOLU
Bahahızır Hz.Commemoration Day 18-24 June / BOLU
Abant Holiday Abant-Bolu Second Monday of July
Commemoration Day for Tokat Hayrettin Elmalık Village First Saturday of July
Commemoration Day for Ümmü Kemal Tekke Village First Friday of July
Festivals: Mengen Cooking and Tourism Festival Mengen-Bolu First Saturday in June
At Highland Cherry Bairam 1 -31 July / BOLU
Abant Bairam 9 -15 July / BOLU
Kızık Bairam 2 -8 July / BOLU
Köroğlu Culture,Art and Tourism Festival 1 -31 October / BOLU
Festivities: Kızık Yayla (plateau) Holidays Kızık Yaylası -Seben First Sunday in July
Cherry Celebrations Bolu 4 July
Dörtdivan Highland Feasts 2 -8 July / BOLU
Karagöl Feasts 4 -10 June / BOLU
Şeyhül-İmran Hacet Celebrations Mudurnu First Sunday in July
Zümrüt Wrestling Matches Düzce 12-14 June
Fairs: Fair Bolu 20 August-20 September
Fair Gerede 2-4 October
Fair Seben Last week of September
Fair Göynük Last week of September