This is a seaside park at Darıca: walking paths, a café and a restaurant, children's playgrounds, a model ship built into the square's entrance, and viewing balconies. Swimming is possible here.
It is 55 kilometres from the city centre, reached by the public buses that run from there. The park is on Eski Hükümet Caddesi in the Yalı quarter.
Getting there
- Access
- Fifty-five kilometres from the city centre; private public buses run there from the centre.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kocaeli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.3 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (108 mm) and lightest in August (42 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
