6 Days Giresun City & Cooking Tour
Highlights
- Tirebolu Castle as the first stop of the city tour
- Giresun Castle and lunch with a view of the city
- Cable car up to Boztepe in Ordu
- Sagra chocolate factory on the way back
- Cooking class given by the chef of the restaurant
- Local dishes of the Giresun cuisine, desserts and salads
- Turkish bath with its cold, warm and hot sections
- Sumela Monastery and the balcony that looks over the whole monastery
- Lunch at the Zigana highland holiday village
- Karaca Cave with its stalagmite variation and lime-waterfall
Overview
Giresun; sea, islands, springs, and cultural assets, it has a unique natural beauty. Giresun Castle, Zeytinlik Quarter, and Giresun Island in the center of the province are worth seeing in terms of tourist attractions. We will find the opportunity to see these natural beauties from Giresun Castle. Ordu; is one of the most beautiful corners of the world with its natural riches, historical texture, and sea, It is possible to find all shades of colors in Ordu. You can do all kinds of nature sports in the Ordu province, where you live four seasons in one day. Bird watching, mountaineering, trekking, camping, picnicking, watching the sunrise and sunset, swimming, eating fish in our insatiable boulevards, and resting come before everything else.
Route
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Meeting at the Ordu Giresun Airport. Transfer to Giresun City and check in to the hotel. Overnight in Giresun.
(Breakfast included)
First stop is in Tirebolu Castle. After 40 minutes we arrive in Giresun. If you want you can participate island tour. Then we reach Giresun Castle look around and we eat our lunch with the view of city. Afterwards we go to Ordu. We get on a cable car and reach Boztepe. After lunch and free time we go to the city center and after a little walk on the beach we are preparing for the return. We are going to the chocolate factory on the way back. We will arrive in Giresun at 8 p.m. Overnight in Giresun.
(Breakfast and Lunch included)
After breakfast we will go to a local restaurant to get a cooking class by the chef of the restaurant. The guide will explain us also all the details about things. You will prepare the lunch with Chef and after the preparation you will eat that lunch at the restaurant. In our food menu we will learn local dishes from Giresun Cuisine, which is inspired by Turkish cuisine. Of course some desserts and the salads will be in the menu. After the lunch we will return to the hotel. Overnight in Giresun.
(Breakfast included)
We will pick you up from your hotel and go to Hamamı (Turkish Bath). This Hamam culture dates back to the Roman empire ages. Today Turkish Bath have three sections as cold part, warm part and hot part like a Roman Bath. Also Turkish Baths have special staff for scrup (peeling) rituel. Female staff called as natır, male staff called as tellak in Turkish Language. We will get relax and chill. After this local relaxing ritual return to hotel. Overnight in Giresun.
(Breakfast included)
We will pick up from your hotel and go to Sumela Monastery. Sumela Monastery lies within the borders of Altindere village in the Macka district, 40-45 minutes from Trabzon. Once we have arrived at Sumela monastery we will have a break in the waterfall area and at the special balcony where you can see the all monastery from the best position. Then we are going to visit the monastery. We will have our lunch at the Zigana highland holiday village which is located in a unique environment, after travelling nearly half an hour from the monastery. We pass through Zigana tunnel after lunch and we will have a short break at fruit-paste store on the way. Then we will arrive at Karaca cave, which has the richest droop-columnar-stalagmite variation and scenic walls and lime-waterfall. We go around the cave where it is known that people who suffer from asthma can be relieved. After the tour we return to the hotel. Overnight in Giresun.
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast check out from your hotel and transfer to Airport for your flight back home. We hope you have enjoyed our 6 Days City Tour of Giresun. We hope this was a memorable tour for you and looking forward to see you again on another tour of ours. Thank you for joining us.
Trip includes
Included
5 nights at the New Jasmin Hotel in Giresun
PS: If this hotel list is not available at the time of your booking then we will arrange a similar hotel for your group.
If you prefer a different category hotel, there might be an additional cost.
Professional English-speaking tour guides
Guiding Method Fully guided
English
5 breakfasts
1 Lunch
Arrival transfer from Giresun Airport to Hotel in Giresun
Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach
Return transfer to airport in Giresun
Guided Giresun City Tour
Guided Cooking Lesson Tour
Guided Turkish Bath Tour
Guided Sumela Monestry Tour
All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary Hotel Room Taxes, Tours& Transfer Taxes
Excluded
International and Domestic Flights
International and Domestic Flights
City Tax Turkey entry visa Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drinks, cold drinks, laundry
Any other expenses which are not mentioned in the included section
Tipping: Tips for guides and drivers
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