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Route
Istanbul → Gölyazı → Eskişehir → Konya → Göreme → Boğazkale → Safranbolu → Cide → Akçakoca → Istanbul
Distance
2500 km
Duration
10 days, ~41 hours in the saddle
8 overnight stops Best Months Late May to June, or September to October World Heritage Bursa & Cumalıkızık Göreme NP & Rock Sites of Cappadocia Hattusha, the Hittite capital City of Safranbolu Parks & Protected Areas Göreme National Park Küre Mountains NP (D010 corridor) Lake Uluabat Ramsar wetland Ihlara Valley canyon Signature Roads D010 Amasra – Cide, both ways Phrygian highland backroads Konya – Aksaray Silk Road alignment |
Route Map
Open in Google Maps The Plan Ten days, anticlockwise out of Istanbul and back. Four world heritage sites, cave hotels, a 1645 caravanserai, and no day over six hours in the saddle. The turquoise coast gets all the riders. This is the other Turkey.
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