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Once known as Trebizond, this
historic port city near the eastern
end of Turkey's Black
Sea coast provides interesting
contrasts to the normal Turkish town.
Trabzon (pop. 200,000)
has been around since at least 746
BC, so it has quite a story
to tell. Its old walled quarter contains
numerous Byzantine churches,
including the well-preserved Hagia
Sophia (Aya Sofya, 1263).
Other notable churches include the Church
of St Anne (Küçük
Ayvasil , 885), St Eugenius (Yeni
Cuma Camii, 1200s) and Panaghia
Chrysokephalos (Fatih Büyük
Camii, 1200s).
Trabzon is also a good
base for visiting surrounding
sites such as Sumela
Monastery, the alpine village
of Ayder,
and the tea-growing towns such
as Rize to the east.
If you're following my Eastern
Tour itinerary, you'll go from
Trabzon up into the Kaçkar
Mountains to Artvin, Yusufeli or Erzurum on
the Anatolian plateau.
Turkish
Airlines flies daily to Trabzon
from Ankara and Istanbul,
and bus service
is frequent, particularly by the Ulusoy company.
Distances & Travel Times
Amasya: 500
km (311 miles) W, 8 hours
Ankara: 780
km (485 miles) W, 12 hours
Artvin: 235
km (146 miles) E, 4 hours
Ayder: 131
km (81 miles) E, 2.5 hours
Erzurum: 325
km (202 miles) SE, 6 hours
Giresun: 150
km (93 miles) W, 3 hours
Gümüshane: 100 km
(62 miles) S, 2 hours
Istanbul: 1110
km (690 miles) W, 18 hours
Hopa: 165 km (103 miles) E,
3 hours
Kars: 434
km (270 miles) E, 8 hours
Rize: 75 km (47 miles) E, 1.25
hours
Samsun: 346
km (215 miles) E, 5.5 hours
Sinop: 514
km (319 miles) W, 9 hours
Sumela Monastery: 46
km (29 miles) S, 45 minutes
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Coast
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