4. AMASYA
In my country, it is believed that Poland is the homeland of apples. Huge amounts of these fruits provide a
great love of my
countrymen to this fruit. It turns out, that also in Turkey apples are very
popular.
Amasya - the place
where grow more than 25 species of apples! Some of the products are for export,
but in Turkey consumption is also quite high. In
addition to eating raw apples, people use them as an addition to cakes, desserts and other dishes.
Amasya (before Amaseia) has a temperate climate that is ideal for apple. It’s famous place from ancient times. Last travel trends forced the owners of hotels to back to the Ottoman times. Now you can see many traditional Ottoman houses which are cafes, pubs, clubs and restaurants. It’s really worth to see that place which is in middle-north of Turkey.
5. IZMIR
You could say "Open
Sesame!" Izmir and would open the vault with
figs. And what do we find there?
An unusual number of species which differ from each other in shape, size and color. You can
choose the best from the sugar fig, purple fig, Sultan Selim fig and more, more, more. My
first “date” with figs was in last summer in Istanbul. Then I understood that dried figs are delicious and so healthy.
Izmir (in English Smyrna) closes the three largest cities in Turkey. It’s so
modern metropolis in west. City has a mediterranean climate long, hot and dry summers. It causes
that Izmir is so popular in the Travel Guides as a good destination for
holidays. Last time it became popular because of Erasmus. Many students from
all Europe come to Izmir to spend there awesome 5 months.
6. GIRESUN
Let's move to Giresun. Place of hazelnuts.
Here you will find five main varieties -
delicious and well-known in Europe. Hazelnuts grow as a bush or small tree. They are used as
a spice for food, a base for sauces
or desserts component. They are very healthy and very cheap. Recently
hazelnut oil become very popular and is added to salads and sauces.
Cherries,
everybody knows them. Excellent fruit for jams, juices and cakes. Healthy and
tasty. In Giresun
can be found early and late varieties, which makes cherry season is
relatively long.
Giresun (in ancient times Pharnacia or Choerades) has a borderline oceanic/humid subtropical climate with
warm and humid summers and cool and damp winters. It’s beautiful north part of
Turkey. Climate causes that snowfall period is from December to March – similar
to Poland. So, who will go to Giresun or who was there????
Write your observations below! :)





