Cide
The district our hotel stands in: coves, canyons and a literary legacy on the Black Sea coast.
Photograph: İsmail Refik Görgülü / CC BY 3.0 · Solmaztopcu / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hamdigumus / CC0 · KCCan00 / CC BY-SA 4.0
About Cide
Cide is a district of Kastamonu on Turkey's western Black Sea coast, 522 kilometres from İstanbul and 377 from Ankara by road. It has no airport and no railway, which is a large part of why its coastline has stayed as quiet as it has.
Two things shape the district. Along the shore, a run of coves sheltered between headlands — Gideros the best known among them. Inland, valleys and canyons cut back towards the Küre Mountains, close enough to the sea that you can be swimming in the morning and walking a gorge in the afternoon.
Cide also has a literary claim few districts its size can match: Rıfat Ilgaz, who wrote Hababam Sınıfı, was born here in 1911, and the house he was born in is now a museum. Rahime Kaptan, who carried ammunition along this coast during the War of Independence, was from Cide too. More recently the film Mukadderat was shot in the town and took three awards at the Antalya Golden Orange festival.
Location and Climate
Cide has the Black Sea climate: rain falls in every season and summers stay milder than inland Kastamonu. That constant moisture is why the forest around the district, and the green in its canyons, holds through the year.
Distances to Cide
- İstanbul→Cide
- 522 km·6 hr 25 min drive
- Ankara→Cide
- 377 km·4 hr 50 min drive
- Sinop→Cide
- 251 km·3 hr 45 min drive
- Kastamonu→Cide
- 136 km·2 hr drive
- Bartın→Cide
- 85 km·1 hr 40 min drive
- Amasra→Cide
- 75 km·1 hr 35 min drive
Places to Visit
The coves, canyons and historic sites you can reach setting out from the hotel.
Bay
Gideros Bay
A natural protected bay tucked between two headlands — the closest of these outings to the hotel.
12 km · 15 min
Valley
Loç Valley
A valley in Çamdibi village, home to 29 plant species and open to a range of outdoor sports.
35 km · 45 min
Canyon
Malyas Canyon
A canyon near Gökçeler village, popular for swimming and picnics in summer.
20 km · 30 min
Lighthouse
Kerempe Lighthouse
A historic sea lighthouse in Aydıncık village, lighting the Black Sea since 1885.
54 km · 50 min
Viewpoint
Tuğtepesi Viewing Terrace
A viewing terrace on one of Cide's high points, favoured at sunrise and sunset.
7 km · 10 min
Museum
Rıfat Ilgaz House Museum
The Cide house where Rıfat Ilgaz, author of Hababam Sınıfı, was born — now open as a museum.
1.4 km · 5 min
Culture and History
The people Cide produced and the works that left their mark on it.
Person1911 – 1993
Rıfat Ilgaz
Poet, writer and teacher
Rıfat Ilgaz, who wrote Hababam Sınıfı, was born in Cide in 1911; the house is now a museum.
Work1957
Hababam Sınıfı
Novel, 1957
The most-read comic novel in Turkish literature, written by Cide-born Rıfat Ilgaz.
Person? – 1964
Rahime Kaptan
The woman skipper who carried ammunition in the War of Independence
The Cide-born woman skipper who carried ammunition from Cide to İnebolu during the War of Independence.
Film2024
Mukadderat
Feature film, 2024
A feature film shot in Cide that took three awards at the Antalya Golden Orange festival.
Start your trip from Cide
Salapurya Hotel is on the Cide seafront, at the gateway to all of this. Call us to check availability.