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Where's It At
Set in Central Anatolia, 65km west of the Black Sea and at
the agricultural heartland of turkey, Safranbolu is
an important market town. It's an ancient civilisation which
dates back to 3000 BC. Two hours north of Ankara, it is seldom
visited by tourists and arguably has Turkey's finest architecture
and is deemed a World Heritage Site. Safranbolu hasn't been
overexpoited by tourism yet, and here you will find a glimpse
of the real Turkish way of life where traditional trades and
crafts are still practised by local artisans and farmers as
they were in Ottoman times.
Shoppers Paradise
The bazaars are situated in the centre of town and the market
square forms the focal point of the sprawling town. The narrow
pedestrains streets are crammed with beautiful buildings with
overhanging kissing balconies and tiny stores packed along
the cobbled streets. The streets are organised into guilds
for each trade - grocery, leather crafts, wood crafts and
metals.
The town is famous for wood products like walking sticks as
well as the food, meat and metal crafts on sale here. While
you're there, try the local speciality of chai tea
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