Top experiences
- ✓Visit Sümela Monastery.
- ✓Explore Trabzon's museums and historic buildings.
- ✓See Uzungöl and mountain landscapes.
- ✓Discover highlands and coastal districts.
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Trabzon
Discover Trabzon on the Black Sea, a historic Silk Road port surrounded by green highlands and known for Sümela Monastery, Uzungöl, Trabzon Hagia Sophia and distinctive regional culture.
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Trabzon practical travel guide
Trabzon is a major eastern Black Sea center offering Byzantine and Ottoman heritage, forested mountains, highlands and access to Sümela Monastery and Uzungöl.
Best time to visit
May to September provides easier highland access, although rain can occur throughout the year.
Getting around
Buses and minibuses serve the city. Tours or a car are practical for Sümela, Uzungöl and highlands.
Where to stay
- •Trabzon center for heritage.
- •Maçka for Sümela.
- •Uzungöl for mountain scenery.
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Akçaabat köfteKuymakHamsili pilavSürmene pideHamsiköy sütlacı
Practical tips
- ✓Carry waterproof clothing.
- ✓Check monastery and highland access.
- ✓Allow extra time for mountain traffic.
Travel conditions and opening arrangements can change. Check current information before your visit.
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