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1. History

   Follow the Ferhat water channel

   A channel cut through solid rock to bring water to the city, and the story attached to it is the one every Turkish child knows: Ferhat cutting through the mountain for Şirin. The rock is real; walk along the cut. Photograph it.

2. History · Merkez

   Climb to the Royal Rock Tombs in Amasya

   The ancient writer Strabo also described these rock tombs as belonging to kings. Follow the visitor route up to the Pontic tombs cut into Harşena's limestone; examine the carved façades, then photograph the Yeşilırmak River and riverside houses.

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3. Culture & art · Merkez

   Spend a night in a waterfront house in Amasya

   Stay at one of the historic mansion-hotels on the bank of the Yeşilırmak — and photograph it.

4. Food

   Bite the apple that carries the city's name

   The Amasya apple is small, hard and sharply sour-sweet, and it keeps through the winter without cold storage — which is why it was the apple that travelled. Buy one at the market in autumn and photograph it.

5. History · Merkez

   Discover surgical drawings turned into instruments

   Amasya's Sabuncuoğlu Museum displays surgical instruments made from drawings in Şerefeddin's Cerrahiyyetü'l-Haniyye. Choose one, study its shape and read its label to learn its purpose; photograph it if permitted. These are reconstructions based on the book.

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