In the ancient time Greeks from Milet established here their settlement. The place on the wind-protected peninsula on the Turkish coast of the Black Sea was later developed by different civilisations. In the meantime the famous and intriguing philosopher Diogenes was born here and has his monument in front of the city walls. Today’s Sinopa is worth to see: it has nice pedestrian boulevards along the coast, quiet Alaadin mosque with small medresa on the other side of the street, tiny, picturesque port and huge city walls. The bus station (otogar) is located some 6 kms away from peninsula – you have to use minibus (dolmus) to get from there to the town. They charge 7 TL for the ride. The nearest big city is Samsun you will pay 130 TL to get there, and it will take around 3 hours.
Soon I have to say goodbye to Turkey- I am heading back to Trabzon and onward to the border of Georgia!
