A Black Sea port with a monastery hanging off a cliff, a Byzantine church of frescoes and tea gardens all the way to the mountains.
A Greek Orthodox monastery built into a cliff 300 metres above a forested valley, with restored frescoes. 45 kilometres from the city.
A thirteenth-century church with vivid frescoes and a seaside garden, now a mosque with the paintings visible.
A white mansion in the woods above the city where Atatürk stayed, with period rooms.
The hill above Trabzon with tea gardens and the view over the port.
The lake in the mountains, two hours away. Read our Uzungöl guide.
The central square and the covered bazaar for Black Sea cheese, hazelnuts and anchovies in season.
A mountain village on the Sümela road famous for its rice pudding.
In neighbouring Rize, a highland village of wooden houses and hot springs, reached by a road through the Fırtına valley.
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