Guide
Kirazlıbent Nature Park lies within the Belgrade Forest in Eyüpsultan, about six kilometres west of Bahçeköy and east of Kemerburgaz. Declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in 2011, it is one of nine nature parks inside the Belgrade Forest and covers 1,914 hectares. It takes its name from the Kirazlıbent dam, built on the Kirazlı stream in 1818 for Sultan Mahmud II.
The woodland here holds sessile oak, Kasnak oak, Anatolian chestnut, hornbeam, black pine and oriental beech, with ivy, greenbrier, butcher's broom and tree heath beneath them.
The park offers picnicking, walking and cycling, and there are playgrounds for children. There is a charge for entry, both for visitors and for vehicles.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
Entry fee
- Marmara group 2 · category 1 · Per person
- 75 ₺
