Trabzon

Overview

Trabzon is an old city on the Black Sea coast line, at the northeast corner of Türkiye. The population of the city is aproximately 480,000.

While staying at Trabzon make sure you eat the local food, Akcaabat Köfte (meat ball) special cheese meat ball and Kara Lahana (black caggabe) soup. The Black Sea people loves to eat fishes, mainly, Hamsi (anchovy), they have more than 30 kinds of dishes made from Hamsi, including; bread, baklava (the most famous Turkish dessert), omelette, rice and etc..... Trabzon is also famous for its bread " Trabzon ekmegi", not only at Trabzon, all over the country.

At the main square of the city, one can find buses to the famous Sumela Monastery at Maçka (50km SE) and the mountain village of Uzungöl, 70km (a lake) - you may feel like you are in a alpine village of Switzerland or Austria. In Uzungöl, there are lots of small hotels and fresh water fish restaurants. The lake is a landslide lake and the best view of the lake is in the afternoon looking west from a mountain on the east. If you have time go to Sultan Murat Yayla (a plateu) , 30 km SW, of the lake where the altitute is 2400m and there are no trees on the platue due to lack off oxgen. But you will be mesmerized with view as I was. Sumela Monastry was built in a natural cavity at the edge of the cliff (see in the picture). The mountain...more

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