Cide

Cide is a unique destination to breath in the pristine nature, where every shade of green slopes meets with the vicious waves of the Black Sea. Famous Turkish writer Rıfat Ilgaz described Cide beautifully: “How good that my mother gave birth to me in this amiable country!” Cide is the ideal destination for those looking for a quiet place to be alone with nature.

Homer wrote about Cide in his Iliad about 2800 years ago: “We passed the homeland of highly civilized Henet... Kiteros and Aycelos.” Aycelos is the current Cide. And Kiteros is known as Gideros today, which is an old settlement with a natural harbour. This settlement, which includes the Gideros Bay (Gideros Koyu), was declared a 1st Degree Archaeological Conservation Site and thus under protection.  The 11 km long uninterrupted beach in Cide includes the gorgeous Aydos, Denizkonak, Uğurlu, Çayyaka, Akbayır and İlyasbey Bays.

When visiting Cide, you can enjoy the unique scenery with 29 endemic plant species from the Loç Valley sightseeing terrace, see the Kerempe Lighthouse (Kerempe Feneri), which is located at a height of 82 meters in the Aydıncık Village (Aydıncık Köyü), and discover the Kılıç Cave (Kılıç Mağarası) at a depth of 350 m, where 7,000-year-old settlements were discovered.