KURŞUNLU HAN

Kurşunluhan is taking place in the Aktarlar Bazaar at the center of Kastamonu, has been made between the years 1443 to 1461 from Candarogullari Sultanate’s last prince and Fatih Sultan Mehmet’s uncle Kemalettin İsmail Bey.

Kastamonu was defined as ‘one of the most beautiful place I have ever seen’ by Abu Abdallah Ibn Battuta known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, who crisscrossed the Eastern Hempshire in the second quarter of the fourteenth century and with the help of a literary collaborator, wrote a lengthy account of what he saw and did.

Kurşunlu Han is the largest commercial center  on the date of build in Kastamonu. Kurşunluhan is the center of commerce in Kastamonu for centuries and it is not lost this attribute. When Cem Sultan Bazaar and Penbe Inn’s became immediately to getting functionality to the west side of the area was being the center of commercial functions  in the city, today's most intense commercial activity in the region are make a point of noteworthy.

Kurşunluhan has continue the development since 16 century and brought most of the rental income  to be the commercial center in Kastamonu.

Within time just like other historical buildings in Kastamonu, the inn is remaining unclaimed and unable to resist the harshness of the years, long time neglected in a situation of internal storage that is used as the shop has become a masterpiece. When the Kastamonu Regional Directorate of Foundations established  in 1998, Kurşunluhan has taken place with the finding life consequence.

Kurşunluhan is giving out by contract to Karadeniz Otelcilik Seyahat Hizmetleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. for under the ‘restore-invest- alienate’ model. Kurşunluhan getting start to compensate to neglected for many years to be the most popular and the best interesting tourist hotel in Kastamonu. Kurşunluhan was restored by  Karadeniz Otelcilik Seyahat Hizmetleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. and opened and come into the service in 23 August  2008.