Northern Turkey is not so commercial and you may find it hard to find organised tours here. Not least for the 2021 floods that have certainly rocked Sinop, which is a sleepy port town. We hope to visit there in June with the SAGA ship spirit of Adventure. Sinop’s historic importance is the meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great. The Greek philosopher Diogenes was a founder of the Cynic philosophy. Possibly the Bear Grills of his day, he felt people could live happily off the land and get happiness from living with nature. He was born in Sinop around 400BC. He had a disregard for authority, wealth, and decorum and he slept where he liked. He voiced his opinions in public and criticised Plato for his interpretation of Socrates and would take a picnic into his lectures and feast in order to disrupt his teachings.
The ship will be organising the local tours and they may include:- Hamsilos Koyu (wonderful lake), Erfelek Tatlica Selaleleri Tabiat Park, Inceburun Lighthouse (constructed in 1863 on İnceburun cliffs), Sinop Cezaevi, Sinop Archaeology Museum, Sinop Castle, Ethnography Museum Arslan Torun Mansion, Boyabat Kalesi, Alaattin Camii, Sinop Park Yildiz.
Looking at the locally offered attractions and tours is the first thing a movie location scout will do. Here is a collection of locally offered tours to start your research. If we have made a film it will be on our Doris Visits cruise port YOUTUBE channel which is approaching two million views. Any film should be listed here under the port name. Please take a few minutes to watch that to as we often find gems and explain the local buses as well as hit the highlights.
Check out my cruise and port accurate mystery thrillers in paperback and eBook with some in large print and as audiobooks. They are all set on a cruise and written like movies or TV shows. Well, that is where I spent the last 50 years!
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