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Latest Trabzon hotel reviews
Pro
extremely beautiful and peaceful landscape, historical heritage from many civilizations, cheaper than average
Con
boring city life
In a nutshell
Could have changed a lot since 93 - or not!
traveloturc Says: Uzun Gol ( long lake ) is located 99 km far from Trabzon and 1090 m above the sea level The lake is 100 m long 500 m widht and 15 m depth.There are also many bungalows around the lake and you can spend some time in this beautiful spot.
June.b Says: We walked from our hotel to bide the time, it's just past 8am and our transport that will take us to Sumela Monastery will pick us up at 10am. So we decided to have a walk.Took us about 10 minutes crossing the highway over a pedestrian lane to the seaside, passing by a...
Sights around Trabzon city central
June.b Says: We did not have enough time to explore Trabzon city itself as we have concentrated our time for Sumela Monastery, except for a couple of hours in the morning walking around until we've reached the seaside.
The Sumela Monastery (6) -View from distance
June.b Says: I was the last one who arrived at the starting point, at the entrance of the Altindere National Park and all of the others are already in the van. That's because aside from it started raining already and am soaking in rain water, I was mesmerized by the surrounding streams...
The Sumela Monastery (6) - Inside
June.b Says: The various monastery barracks and homes are not open for viewing so only the centrepieces are accessible to the public, there may be some restorations going on.WWe only stayed an hour inside and started our way back down the main entrance of the Altindere National Park...
The Sumela Monastery (5) - Inside
June.b Says: The personnel at the monastery prevented people from using flash while taking pictures inside the church cave which is just right to preserve the beutiful frescoes.Looking closely, you'll notice the various vandalism made on the scenes of the frescoes, may be done by...
The Sumela Monastery (4) - Inside
June.b Says: The cave church is the centerpiece of the monastery. With elaborate frescoes inside and out, inside the coloured paintings on the ceiling and walls is dramatically iluminated by the sunlight - screened partially by the overhanging rock on top - seeping inside the cave...
June.b Says: continued...The ticket window opened at 1:30 and people started to form a queue, a bit chaotic, and everyone wants to get to the window ticket booth. Most locals have their museum pass - i think entrance is free during holidays (Bayram) and we have paid the TL8 entry...
June.b Says: The Sumela Monastery is located 30 kms from the city of Trabzon in a region called Macka. The monastery is located up the mountian on a cliff rendering a very dramatic location and spectacular views all around.We booked our transport (just a driver, no guide) to take us and...
June.b Says: continued...took me lots of sweat, toungue sticking out, lungs gasping for air, and tired legs going walking up the pathway which are sometimes slippery and steep to get to the top in more than half an hour not-so-leisure walk. And at last we've reached the top.A small park...
4 Reviews and 14 Opinions It's very difficult to find an area to build in this city Zorlu hotel manage to change a depot of...
Pancho ' s place: on the water
traveloturc Says: I am sure that you will ask what is the reason of Pancho in this areaIt's simply because the owner nick name was Pancho when he was a football player and now he is the Owner of this restaurant which was build on the Golden river ( altindere )They prepare very typical local...
Cosandere: Crazy Breakfast at roaring river
traveloturc Says: This restaurant is situated on the road to Sumela after Macka very interesting woodhouse and the restaurant is preparing crazy breakfast with special local food ...like sýrgan,mýhlama...try the eggs and honey good luck eggs
June.b Says: The whole Meydan Park which is just beside the municipal hal (Belidiye) is bustling with activity at night. People hangout here at the so many tables and chairs positioned around the fountain and the statue of Ataturk. You can order tea, coffee and cold beverages, ice cream,...
June.b Says: Similar to Istanbul and virtually everywhere around Turkey, the economical way to mmove around Trabzon is by Dolmush (taxi van). You have to wait though until the van is full or depends on the driver, mostly more than half full as it could almost always pcik up passengers...
Getting out Trabzon to Istanbul
June.b Says: Oz Nuhoglu Bus Line: We did not anticipate difficulty in getting out until we've realized that - yes - it's the Bayram faestival, school holidays and most local families are on vacation - Trabzon is a great destination esp. from cities around the area.We went to Ulusoy to...
traveloturc Says: Surmene is a small village very near to Trabzon which is famous with boat building and knife producing.This is very typical hand made knife and unfortunately due to economic reason this art is also diseapearing.. Surmene Knife 17 cm chrome- stainless still mixture 5-10 ytl
traveloturc Says: Trabzon has very special gold bracelet.Unfortunately this art is diseappearing This hand made bracelet is made of 30 mikron gold filament with the tecnique of texturing the filaments . Gold Trabzon Bracelet 1000-1500 usd
traveloturc Says: They say that the people of Blacksea are smart because they use to eat corn bread .I try it very hard but nothing changes in my life .Anyway you have to try it..there are also some rumors that this corn bread makes a little nervous the people ...
traveloturc Says: I dont know exactly if Geaogians influenced our black sea people or our people influenced the Georgians but definitely the food is the same we call it "Pide" this is typical food which is enjoyed specially in sunday mornings with the participation of all the family.In a way...
traveloturc Says: Like any black sea city Trabzon also is very famous with his meadows and planes in the near mountains which follow the coast paralelly.Uzungöl meadows is just one of them .By the way "yayla " means meadows ...
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As mentioned above, Trabzon has a useful Georgian Consulate just off Ataturk Alani, but for many nationalities, Georgian visas are a thing of the past. As from...
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Q: I need to know what are the available options to get from Trabzon airport to Novotel hotel . We are a family of 5 persons. Thank...
A: Apparently, there is a shuttle to the airport, so I imagine there will be a shuttle from the airport. It is only 3 miles or so from the airport, so if there is no...
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