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Come to the Black Sea coast's largest city to visit the remarkable
Sumela Monastery
,
46km south of town. Easily reached on buses from central Trabzon, the abandoned Ortho-
dox monastery clings to the cliffs above a forested mountain valley. Trabzon is a pleasant
place to spend a night, with some reasonable eating options on its main square and pedes-
trianised walkways.
TRABZON KAÇKAR MOUNTAINS
Two/eight hours
Ayder via Pazar/Yusufeli via Hopa or Artvin.
Car hire available in Trabzon.
Kaçkar Mountains (
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)
This beautiful area of snowy peaks, alpine lakes and
yaylalar
(mountain pastures) offers
some of Turkey's best
walking
and
white-water rafting
. When it's time to just put your
feet up, both sides of the range (around Ayder and Yusufeli) are great places to experience
traditional village life.
KAÇKAR MOUNTAINS KARS
Two/eight hours
From Yusufeli/Ayder via Pazar.
Kars (
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The Russians occupied this distinctive city from 1878 to 1920 and built many of its grand
buildings. A slow-paced outpost in the steppe with two excellent
ocakbaşıs
(grill houses),
Kars is the gateway to incredible
Ani
, 45km east on the Armenian border. In this ancient
Silk Road entrepôt and Armenian capital, ruined churches romantically scatter a wind-
blown field. From Kars, you can fly back to İstanbul or Ankara.
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