Sazova Science, Art and Culture Park

The name of this expansive park comes from its location in Sazova. In addition to meandering paths around a large man-made lake that is overlooked by cafés, the park is home to a variety of facilities and activities … a space center, a science and experiment center, a zoo and aquarium, an open air museum filled with 1/25-scale structures (which I covered in the previous footprint), a castle and a pirate’s ship, and more.

After exploring the miniature structures at EsMinyatürk, we took a short stroll in the park, wandering as far as the castle, modeled after Disney’s Cinderella Castle … which in turn was modeled after the King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein in Germany. What makes this castle unique is that the various towers were modeled after some of the famous towers in Turkey.Read more