Kastamonu is a provincial center and is situated inland amid beautiful forests. A little south of the city is the Ilgaz National Park, a delightful protected area in the beautiful Ilgaz Mountains. There’s several important mouments and museums in town that are worth paying a visit.

SITES OF INTEREST: Ilgaz Mountain National Park, Mt. Kadı, Soğuksu, Açıkmaslak, Acısu, Kanlıgöl, Dipsizgöl, Üçoluklar, Yaralıgöz, Yeşilyuva, Karşıyaka, Ginoğlu, Masruf Deposu, Geriştepe and Limanüstü forest recreation areas, Timonion and Pompeipolis antique city ruins, Kastamonu Castle, Pervaneoğlu Ali Cure House (Cure House with the Snakes), Atabey, İbn Neccar, Halil Bey, Mahmud Bey, Nasrullah, SinanBey, Şeyh Şaban-ı Veli, Kötürüm Bayezıd, Hoca Şemseddin, Kasım Bey and Abdurrahman Pasha mosques, İsmail Bey and Yakup Ağa mosque complexes, Münire old theological school (medrese), Atabay, Aşir Efendi, Deva,İsmail Bey and Urgan inns, Nasrullah Bridge and Taş Köprü (Stone Bridge), Inn (caravansary) at Gökçeağaç, Kastamonu Museum.