Mudurnu Attractions

The small town of Mudurnu, about 54km/33mi southwest of Bolu, boasts a long tradition of famous wrestlers, wrestling festivals and related competitions. Also noteworthy are one or two Greek houses in the Pontic style surviving in parts of the Old Town, together with an Old Ottoman bath house and a very beautiful Early Ottoman mosque. In the 16th and 17th centuries Mudurnu was the Turkish Sheffield, famous for its knife-makers; hand-crafted metalwork is still a feature of the lively commercial district. A Sarot village about 40km/25mi northwest of the town has a popular therapeutic spa and there is also a thermal bath in Babas, 5km/3mi south of the town.