Sinekli is 33 kilometres from Düzce, reached by way of Beyköy, Uğur, Samandere village and the Samandere waterfall natural monument, or alternatively along the Abant road.
It stands at 1,450 metres and covers a hundred dönüm. The Sinekli plateau festival held each July has become a fixture and is well attended.
Sinekli, Kütüklü and Sakarca lie north of the Abant Lake national park, on the boundary between Bolu and Düzce, around Kızılkaya hill, one to three kilometres apart from one another.
Getting there
- Access
- 33 km from Düzce and 6 km from the nearest settlement, reached by way of Beyköy, Uğur village, Samandere village and the Samandere waterfall, or along the Abat lake road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Düzce as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.8 °C in January to 22.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (101 mm) and lightest in July (47 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
