Departs Kastamonu at 5:30 and takes 3 hours. Kamil Koc operate services between Bartin and Kastamonu (55 TL) via Safranbolu and Karabük. Kamil Koc operate services between Bartin and Trabzon (132 TL) via Safranbolu (30 TL), Karabük, Sinop (60 TL) and Samson. In Bartin long-distance buses use the new intercity bus terminal.įrom Bartin there are services to Ankara (8 daily) Istanbul (13 daily) Kastamonu (10 daily, 4 hour 30 min) Samsun (2 daily, 9 hours) Sinop via Kastamonu (6 daily, 7 hours, 30 min). Bartin įrequent dolmuşes run from a terminal on 165 Sk in Bartin to Amasra (7 TL, 20 to 30 mins as two routes are used) as follows: However most long-distance buses arrive and depart from the provincial capital of Bartin, which is 16 km (10 mi) south of Amasra. Both dolmuş and long-distance buses operate from here. +90 378 315 11 63) is at the end of Zübeyde Hanım Cd by the Amasra Müzesi (Museum of Amasra) on the shores of the Küçük Liman (Little Harbour). The town has no permanent tourist information office, though over the summer there is a small information kiosk at Büyük Liman, which has irregular hours. The best time to visit may be in September, after the crowds have left. Küçük Liman is further protected by the closely adjacent island of Boztepe which encloses the northern side of the harbour and is connected by the Roman era Kemere Köprüsü (Arch Bridge) to Zindan Kalesi. Understand Orientation Īmasra is 310 km (193 miles) north of Ankara, 467 km (290 miles) east of Istanbul 203 km (122 miles) west of Kastamonu 97 km (56 miles) north of Safranbolu 387 km (240 miles) west of Sinop and 111 km (69 miles) east of Zonguldak.Īt Amasra an isthmus leads to the upstanding promontory rock of Zindan Kalesi (Dungeon Castle) on which part of the Byzantine fortification stands, overlooking both Büyük Liman (Big Harbour) to the east and protecting the prettier Küçük Liman (Little Harbour) to the west.

Most summer visitors are from Istanbul or Ankara.

Amasra (not to be confused with the Central Anatolian mountain town of Amasya) is a seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Turkey with a population of 14,984 (2016), though this explodes in the summer to around 25,000.

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