To Şebinkarahisar Over the Mountain Passes
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The south of Giresun is like a different country from the coast: the forest ends and highland and steppe begin. This route shows that transition step by step and ends at one of the most steeply sited castles in Anatolia. The road is long and is itself half the trip, so it wants two days. Four stops.
Route Stops
Doğankent.
A district wedged between steep slopes in the Harşit valley. Its narrowness makes the scenery striking, with the river, bridges and houses clinging to the slopes alongside the road.
Alucra.
Above fifteen hundred metres, its climate and vegetation entirely different from the coast. Here you realise you have passed out of forest into highland and steppe.
Şebinkarahisar Castle.
The castle set on a sheer rock above the town. The rock is half the defence; there are cisterns inside, and the climb is steep with unrailed sections.
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The southern end of the province, looking over the Kelkit valley. Where the Black Sea climate ends; anyone who has seen the coast struggles to believe this is the same province.
