Places to visit
SUMELA MONASTERY
HIDDEN SANCTUARY IN CLOUDS
Sumela Monastery, which is located in Macka district of Trabzon province in the Black Sea region, is a site of historical and cultural significance as well as a major tourist attraction. It was included on the UNESCO Tentative List in 2000.
Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Known as the Monastery of Virgin Mary by the local people, it was founded in the 4th century AD as the dream of two monks named Barnabas and Sophronios, who came from Athens and built a small church here. Sumela was expanded into a monastery during the Byzantine Empire and has become a science and culture center with its rich library. After the conquest of Trabzon by the Ottoman Empire, it continued to be used uninterruptedly until 1923.
Unbelievably nestled on a steep cliff, Sumela is, no doubt, the most magnificent and hierarchical of the many monasteries in this region. As it was in the past, it is the most well known and most visited of the monasteries today.
UZUNGOL
Uzungol, located in Çaykara -one of the most important tourism centers of Trabzon and Turkey- has a dazzling view. Uzungol is a village, highland and entertainment place. The area presents travel and accommodation opportunities with exceptional beauty with touristic rest houses, small resort type hotels, trout restaurants and scenery. Uzungol is also the ecotourism center of Trabzon.
ATATURK MANSION
Ataturk Mansion, bearing impressions of European and Western Renaissance architecture was built as a summer house in early 1900s with large and flamboyant symbols of Europe. Atatürk, during his stay in this mansion on June 11, 1930, decided to present all his wealth to Turkish nation.
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