Akcakoca
, located in the 83 km. north of Bolu is a lovely town on
the Black Sea coast and is famous for its clean , beautiful
beaches, extending both east and west , with a length of cilometers,
with its good accommodations and with its traditional h ospitality
of the typical Black Sea people. Akcakoca will certainly satisfy
your desire to discover some unspoiled areas. There are also
many camping and picnicking facilities around Akcakoca. The
sandy beaches of Akcakoca provide a rare beauty of nature
for nature-lovers and worshippers of swimming . You may go
to the beaches in the environs of the town by municipal buses.
Akçakoca, the closest window
of Central Anatolia opening to a sea is a very charming, touristic
town of Bolu situated in Western Black Sea Region. Fishing,
hazel-nut agriculture and tourism are the basic occupations
of the local people. Akçakoca is the closest Black Sea to
the metropols of Ankara and Istanbul. The region with its
well preserved historical and naturalbeauties, with its unique
architecture peculiar to this area, with hazel-nuts, fruits,
strawberries and famous chest-nut honey, with its abundant
variaty of fish available in every season, with its sea and
curative beaches specially recommended for rackitis and finally
with its traditional features and warm hospitability of local
people, it offers an unforgetable vacation, both recration
and entertainment together for every budget.
Akçakoca’s known history well
goes back to 1112 B.C. and its been known as Diapolis, Akçaşar,
Akçaşehir and finally at 1934 Akçakoca after the name of Akçakoca
Bey who was the conqueror of the region.
Akçakoca invite everybody to
discover the richest green, the deepest blue, the most unique,
the warmest welcome, the lowest prices and the closest Black
Sea of Akçakoca. In Akçakoca there is absolutely a corner
which will satisfying please every possible liking.
In 1997 Akçakoca recieved together
with Genoese Castle Beach the International Blue Flag Reward
given by Foundation for Environmental Education in Turkey
among all over European beaches and marinas. Thus fulfilling
26 criterias of standarts Akçakoca once more proved its environmnetal
cleanness not to only Turkey but to the whole World.
Being very suitable for water
sports and yatching in 1997 Akçakoca was the host of Yeşil
Tour ( Green Tour) organization thus starting the yatching
tourism of Black Sea.
The
every possible hue of green , the natural water falls, Genoese
Castle, numerous picnic areas. The Pebble Cave and with their
untouched beauties the 43 villages of the region are awaiting
for the tourism investors to come by and create vacational
sites within those wonderful natural surrondings.
The International Hazel-nut
and Tourism Festival which takes place every year in the third
week of July is ready to entertain those who are seeking,
something very special and unique to experience
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