Giresun, is one of the gorgeous city of eastern Black Sea. Clinging to the slopes of mountains spilling down into the Black Sea, Giresun is famous as the birthplace of the mouth watering sweet cherry. The landscape from seashore to the city is established on a peninsula thegardens of famous hazelnuts, and the rich forests on it's high hills, and above all of these high hills among the fogs it's plateaus are some of the city's famous highlights and landscapes.
The towns located on the road of Trabzon to Giresun such as Tirebolu, Kesap, Gorele, Espiye, Akcaabat and Dereli each one of them with their unique and fascinating natural beauties are some of the places worth to visit in the area. Plateaus have a special role in the tourist activities of the city, asthey are suitable for outdoor sports such as camping, picnicking and mountaineering.
Most famous plateaus which are also suitable for winter sports are; Kumbet, Kulakkaya, Sisdagi, Karaovacik, Bektas and Egribel. Jason and his Argonauts sailed past on their way East to fabled Colchis (Georgia) in search of the Golden Fleece, but it was local traders who shipped the first cherries out in Roman times. Cherries are still an important local crop, along with hazelnuts and tobacco. Eat cherries, hazelnuts, and chocolate bars containing hazelnuts, and admire the old Ottoman houses and the City Museum, housed in a former Orthodox church.
Otherwise, Giresun is just a convenient place to stop for the night on your trajectory to or from Trabzon. Bus service is good and frequent. The nearest airport is at Trabzon, the nearest train station at Samsun. In the 2nd century BC, the Roman general Lucullus, who came to the ancient Cerasus, saw a delicious fruit here, and carried its trees back to his country.
It was there then that the cherry (Cerasus) giving Giresun its name, spread all over the world. Situated 52 km east of Ordu, this city is founded near the ruins of a Byzantine fortress. Situated on a cliff overlooking the Black Sea, this old castle possesses a panoramic view. Inside the city, there exists a church dating back to the 18th century. City and seaport is in, north-eastern Turkey, lies along the Black Sea about 110 miles (175 km) west of Trabzon.
The older parts of the city lie on a peninsula crowned by a ruined Byzantine fortress, sheltering the small natural harbour. Nearby is Giresun Island, in ancient times called Ares. Giresun was known to the ancient Greeks as Choerades or Pharnacia and to the Romans as Kerasous or Cerasus. Other exports include walnuts, hides, and timber. An artificial harbour constructed in the early 1960s greatly increased the port's exports.
Just outside the harbour is Giresun Island, the ruins of a temple, built by the Amazons to whom the island is said to have belonged, can be seen in addition to a Byzantine Monastery. Tourists areas and plateaus provide opportunities to visitors for trekking tourism, camping, mountain tours, walking tours, nature photography and other outdoor sports and activities.
A special event is the "Aksu Art and Culture Festival" for the interested ones, which is held every May. Giresun Museum (Gogora Church): The structure was established as a church in 18th century, and was restored and turned into a museum in 1982. The museum showcases plenty of materials being displayed from Bronze Age to Ottoman Empire Time.
Children Museum (Catholic Church): Is located in Cinarlar District in the city center and was established in the beginning of 19th century. Giresun Island is the unique island of East Black Sea region it's being referred as a holy place and was used to be the base of Amazons in history.