Eastern Thrace Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
geographic region
About Eastern Thrace
Eastern Thrace is located in the northwestern corner of Turkey and makes up 3% of the country's landmass — seemingly tiny, but the region is only slightly smaller thanBelgium. Eastern Thrace is essentially a peninsula surrounded byGreece(Western Thrace) andBulgaria(Northern Thrace) to its west and north respectively and bounded by the Black Sea, the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles, and the Aegean Sea to the northeast, east, south, and southwest respectively. The central parts of Eastern Thrace are dominated by the Thracian plains, which are fairly... well, plain. These plains produce much of the country's wheat and sunflower, and a ride through in sunflower season (July) is indeed very pleasant amongst yellow flowers. However, being one of the powerhouses of Turkish economy,
Eastern Thrace Travel Guide Sections
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