Guide
At Kastro, deciduous forest and rich vegetation run down to the water in the Istranca hills, where the cove with its picnic area marks the edge of Tekirdağ province on the Black Sea coast. It is possible to take a boat along the first 2 kilometres of the Bahçedere stream, upstream from the sea.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Tekirdağ as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.9 °C in January to 23.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (79 mm) and lightest in August (15 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
