Gölcük-Karamürsel Nature and Culture Route
Click for route directions1Eriklitepe Nature Park
Located in the İrşadiye District of Gölcük district, the park attracts the attention of visitors with its walking paths, observation tower, country restaurant, tented camping areas, and adventure park. Nature lovers are also ...
Learn More2Nüzhetiye Waterfall
Nüzhetiye Waterfall, connected to Nüzhetiye Village, one of the forest villages on the Samanlı Mountains, offers a visually aesthetic experience for nature lovers with its 5-kilometer hiking trail. The track, which is in Koca...
Learn More3Yazlık Ilıca Ayazma
Summer Spa, which dates back to the Eastern Roman Empire period, is located in the Ilıca Stream bed in Gölcük district. It is believed that the water that comes out of here is good for psoriasis and stomach ailments. Summer S...
Learn More4Yarhisar Museum Ship
Yarhisar, which was built in the USA in 1964 for the Turkish Navy, served as a Discovery-Patrol museum until 2005. In 2006, it was transformed into a museum ship and took its place on the Gölcük Kavaklı coast as Turkey's firs...
Learn More5Gölcük Kavakli Coast
Kavaklı Beach, which is located on 81 decares in Gölcük district, adds color to the Gölcük coast both as an area suitable for daily recreational use of citizens and as an area where ceremonies and celebrations are held. It is...
Learn More6Sultan Baba Tomb
Located in Örcün Village of Gölcük district, the tomb is located on a hill surrounded by cypress trees. The tomb place, which belongs to the Ottoman Period, is named after a person nicknamed İbrahim Edhem, Derviş Baba. The wo...
Learn More7Değirmendere Mansion Houses
The historical Mansion Houses, which have a history of about a hundred years, have been taken under protection by the Gölcük Municipality. The restored houses have started to be used as Ceramic Museum, Wooden Sculpture Museum...
Learn More8Saraylı Houses
Saraylı Village, where the remains of the Roman period are densely encountered, draws attention to the examples of 19th-century Ottoman residential architecture. The village settlement of the wooden and vine-plastered Saraylı...
Learn More9Konca Sarcophagus
Konca Sarcophagus, a tomb structure built in the Roman Period in the 2nd century A.D., is known as the "Roman Tomb" in the region. The tomb was made in a form similar to other sarcophagi in the Bithynia Region. There is an in...
Learn More10Historical Eregli Houses
Historical Ereğli Houses, which have been restored by Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, have been the venue for various Yeşilçam films. Houses undergoing restoration work, including Çıpali Konak, which is considered the most...
Learn More11Altınkemer Beach
Altınkemer Beach, on the Karamursel coast, is 1 km away from the town center and is located at one of the clearest points of the gulf sea with an area of approximately 200 m. The disabled visitor-friendly beach is the only ...
Learn More12Karamursel Bey Mausoleum
Karamürsel Alp, who was the first admiral in Ottoman history and lived in the 14th century, built a shipyard at the Kavak Boyu Armutçuk Harbor in the southwest of Karamürsel and built ships. The ships built were the first shi...
Learn More13Aşıklar (Lovers) Hill
Lovers' Hill, which sees Karamürsel from a bird's eye view, is one of the highest points of viewing pleasure. Having the chance to watch the Orhangazi Bridge as well as Karamürsel, Lovers Hill offers an experience with high v...
Learn More14Valide Sultan Bridge
Starting from Karamürsel, passing through the villages of Karaahmetli, Hayriye, Yalakdere, and on the road to Iznik, the Valide Sultan Bridge is one of the important works of the Ottoman period. The bridge, which was built wi...
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