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The long sandy beach at İğneada
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Nature · İğneada & Kıyıköy · Demirköy

İğneada beach

İğneada plajı

A 10-kilometre sandy beach, 40–50 metres wide, on the Black Sea near the Bulgarian border, backed by protected natural sites.

  • Open space No opening hours, no ticket
  • Ticket Free
  • Visit ~4–10 h

Directions See it on the İğneada & Kıyıköy map

Build a day-by-day plan with closing-day warnings and ticket totals.

What to see

Restaurants, tea gardens and toilets line the beach; İğneada has many guesthouses and one large hotel. Behind the shore lies the İğneada floodplain-forest national park.

A few beach days, combined with walks in the park.

Open Black Sea: swim only where and when conditions are calm.

Getting there

About 97 km from Kırklareli and 25 km from Demirköy by road (provincial tourism directorate figures).

Transport lines are general directions, not checked against the operator's timetable.

Open in OpenStreetMap See it on the İğneada & Kıyıköy map

Nearby

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Straight-line distances.

Where to stay nearby

ilçemde shows no Ministry-licensed count for Demirköy (incl. İğneada); its page still lists hotels and guesthouses in the district.

Hotels and guesthouses in Demirköy ↗ in Turkish (in Turkish — names, phone numbers and map work in any language)

Accommodation lists open on ilçemde, our sister directory of Turkish businesses (new tab). We do not take bookings or commissions.

About this page

Location: OpenStreetMap — İğneada (node/1830075616; Nominatim, 01.10.2026) — İğneada; kumsal beldenin önünde. Ticket, hours and closing days: only from the operator's own pages; anything we could not confirm there is marked “Not verified”. Last checked 13 Oct 2026.