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Why Trabzon & Uzungöl?

Valleys · lakes · tea · monasteries · Black Sea food

Mild days near 21°C on the coast and nights around 14°C, cooler in the highlands. October is one of the wetter months, so pack a waterproof.

Green from sea to summit

Forested valleys rise steeply from the coast to high plateaus. In autumn the mist settles in the valleys and the beech woods turn copper.

A monastery in the cliff

Sümela clings to a rock face high above the Altındere valley, one of the most dramatic sights in Türkiye.

The lake everyone knows

Uzungöl, a long lake formed by a landslide, sits between steep slopes and wooden houses. It is the region’s best-loved postcard.

Tea country

Rize, next door, grows most of Türkiye’s tea. Terraced bushes cover the hillsides and tea gardens look out to sea.

A Byzantine capital

Trabzon was the seat of the Empire of Trebizond. Its Hagia Sophia, city walls and old churches-turned-mosques tell a long story.

Black Sea cooking

Hamsi anchovies, buttery kuymak, Akçaabat köfte and Hamsiköy rice pudding: simple food with strong regional pride.

Familiar for Gulf families

Trabzon and Uzungöl have welcomed Gulf visitors for years. Arabic is widely understood in hotels and shops.

Easy for Muslim travellers

Türkiye is a Muslim-majority country: mosques everywhere, halal meat as standard and the call to prayer in every valley.

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