5 places to visit in the Abana district of Kastamonu: Hacıveli Canyon, Abana Beach and Abana Harbour. Plan your trip to Abana with local food, practical tips and transport information.
Abana is a district of Kastamonu province and one of the five districts on Kastamonu’s Black Sea coast. The winter population of Abana town is about 3,000, rising to 15,000–20,000 in the summer months.
History
The ancient settlement of Aiginetes, associated with Abana, lies at the Hacıveli locality on the shore, 3 km east of today’s Abana centre. Stephanus of Byzantium called it “Poliksenon”. On the 1791 map by the French geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, the settlement is shown under the name Ghinue. In the travel notes of the Roman historian Flavius Arrianus, the distance from Abonouteichos (İnebolu) to Aiginetes is given as 150 stadia (about 28 km), which today roughly corresponds to the Hacıveli locality. After the settlement came under Ottoman rule, the 1487 tax survey (tahrir) recorded it as Abana, with 23 households and 3 mücerred (unmarried adult men).
Tourism
With its beaches of about 6 km and lush nature, Abana is an important tourism centre in the region. The Sea Festivals, held in the last week of July, last 3 days and include many cultural and artistic activities.
History and Culture
In the 1487 tax survey, Abana appears as a village attached to the Sahil Kinyoli Divan of Devrekani kaza. Abana became a district in 1945. In 1968, it was made a district again together with its 10 attached villages. The Sea Festivals held in the last week of July last 3 days.
Highlights
Most of the district’s 33 km² area is forested scrubland, bushland and rocky inhabited ground. The Sea Festivals are held in the last week of July and last 3 days.
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