Cities & regions
Trabzon
The green Black Sea city of hazelnuts, tea and the cliffside Sümela Monastery.
The Turkish name
Trabzon
Recording on its way.
The story
Trabzon sits on the eastern Black Sea coast, where steep green hills drop to the sea and the rain rarely stops for long. Hazelnuts, tea and anchovies, the hamsi, define its table.
The Sümela Monastery, built into a sheer cliff face in the Altındere valley, is its most famous sight. The city was the capital of the medieval Empire of Trebizond, and its football club, Trabzonspor, is a source of fierce local pride.
At a glance
- Region
- Eastern Black Sea
- Landmark
- Sümela Manastırı
- Known for
- Hazelnuts, tea, hamsi