The route runs from Bolu city centre to Mudurnu, then to Göynük and to Taraklı district of Sakarya. Bolu to Mudurnu is about 50 km, Mudurnu to Göynük about 50 km, and Göynük to Taraklı about 30 km.
Stop by stop
Mudurnu is described as Bolu's second and Türkiye's 15th slow city (Cittaslow). Göynük joined the Cittaslow network in 2017; besides its registered historic houses, the town has the wooden Victory Tower, built in 1922 in memory of the Battle of Sakarya. Taraklı, with its two- and three-storey Ottoman houses with projecting bay windows, entered the UN World Tourism Organization's Best Tourism Villages list in 2021.
Things to watch for
- The streets in the historic centres of the towns are narrow; enter at low speed and think about parking beforehand.
- On forest roads there can be morning fog, and damp in the shaded bends.
- At weekends the towns become crowded with day visitors.
The route can be done as a day trip; for the return you can link up from Taraklı via Geyve towards Sakarya.