Safronbolu Favorite Destination of Tourists / Tourism News

Turkish Famous tourist destination Safranbolu district, famous with its historic mansions, attracts many tourist not only from Turkey bat also elsewhere of the world.

The number of the domestic and foreign tourists reached 160.000 than 134.000 in the year of 2010. Western Turkish city of Karabuk’s old district Safranbolu has been included in World Heritage list by UNESCO in 1994. There are nearly 1200 historical mansions have gilding historical wonder of Safranbolu. Also a number of 2000 historical buildings have taken under protection.

Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabuk Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabuk. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Tarakliborlu and in Greek Saframpolis.

It was part of Kastamonu Province until 1923 and Zonguldak Province between 1923 and 1995. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu.[1][2] The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi),[3] and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron. Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobasi which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.