The Black Sea Region - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 192

Archaeology Museum and
Ethnography Museum,
Kastamonu

Trabzon Castle
Trabzon Castle, Trabzon. b +90 462
326 07 48; www.trabzonkulturtur-
izm.gov.tr (tourist information)

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The Archaeology Museum,
Isfendiyarbey Mah. ,Cumhuriyet
Caddesi No 6, Kastamonu. b +90 366
214 54 56. The Ethnography Museum,
Hepkebirier Mah., Sakarya Caddesi,
Kastamonu. b [phone]
Kastamonu's two main museums
dedicated to finds from the local
area, the Archaeology Museum
and Ethnography Museum, are
conveniently located in the cen-
tre of town and tell the story of
the lives of people during largely
Byzantine and Ottoman times.
Displays of ceramics, coins,
weapons and tools are on view.
The shields, particularly, should
interest your boys. Upstairs in
the Ethnography Museum
there's a good library.
Open 9am-5.30pm daily except
Mon. Admission 10 YTL.

You can't miss Trabzon Castle -
it is perched on top of a large
flat-topped hill overlooking the
town and although begging to
be explored is, sadly, in a mili-
tary zone. The remains are good
to look at from a distance
though, and reflect styles from
Byzantine, Commagene and
Ottoman periods. Your children
will, for sure, be fascinated by
the fantasy of an ancient castle.

The Top Museums

★
Amasra Museum, Atatürk Caddesi.
Amasra. b [phone]
The town of Amasra can trace its
history back, it is believed, to the
6th century when it was
founded by the Miletians. Over
the years several important forti-
fications and religious buildings
have stood around the town and
the peninsula on which it stands.
Today, there are the remains of a
Byzantine castle and a couple of
fortresses. Amasra's history is
told in its archaeological
museum, the Amasra Museum,
with an extraordinary collection
of artefacts on display covering
almost all the town's history.
Your children will be enchanted
by the early examples of toys and
cups.
Open 9am-5.30pm daily except
Mon, with reduced opening times in
winter. Admission 10 YTL.

Amasra Museum

Ethnographical Museum,
Ordu

★
Ethnographical Museum in Selimiye
Mah., Ta @ ocak Caddesi b +90 452
223 25 96
Housed in a mansion known as
the Pa @ ao g lu Konak, the
museum, through a series of
exhibits, shows how a wealthy
19th-century resident of Ordu
might have lived. There are
household items and furniture,
along with a few children's toys
that will definitely interest your
little ones.
Open 9am-5.30pm daily except
Mon, with reduced opening times in
winter. Admission 10 YTL.

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