Black Sea Discovery Travel Package

Duration: 04 Days / 03 Nights
Highlights: Trabzon, Mt. Zigana, Uzungol, Sumela Monastery & Rize
Departure Dates: Guaranteed Set Departures - Can be done on private basis on request.

Day 01 Sumela Monastery, Mount Zigana & Karaca Cave
Transfer from your Istanbul Hotel to the airport to take a flight to Trabzon. After arrival at Trabzon, we begin our trip with visiting the 4th century Sumela Monastery and Altindere National Park. Later on we drive you up to Zigana Mountain, crossing the mountain with spectacular views of villages on Pontic Mountains. We arrive at Gümüshane to visit Karaca Cave, considered the most beautiful in Turkey for its colours and formations. Drive back to our hotel located at the centre of Trabzon. Check-in to hotel, dinner and stay overnight in Trabzon.

Day 02 Highlights of Trabzon & Uzungol
Today we will explore the highlights of Trabzon city; study the extraordinary collection of Byzantine frescoes in the 13th century church of Ayasofya, visit Ataturk's Mansion on Soguksu hill facing Black Sea, Trabzon Castle and Sera Lake on the way to Akçaabat, lunch at a seaside restaurant serving famous Akcaabat Meatball. In the afternoon we drive to Uzungol (long lake). It's a hidden paradise in the Pontic Alps. We hike around the lake and village surrounded by emerald green forests and check-in to our wooden hotel, dinner and overnight in Uzungol.

Day 03 Rize, Camlihemsin & Ayder Plateu
Today we are leaving from Uzungol. Short break at Rize for panoramic view of the city from the Botany Garden, we visit kiwi and tea plantations here, then we arrive to Firtina Valley which takes us to Ayder Plateau. Before arriving in Ayder we will see Camlihemsin and gentle trekking to Goksu Fall which is the highest and most beautiful in the region. we arrive in Ayder before sundown, check-in our hotel, dinner and overnight in Ayder.

Day 04 Departure
We'll have time to explore that beautiful Alpine Plateau Ayder, traditionally dressed village ladies, thermal spring, waterfalls dropping down from hundreds metres and beautiful plateau houses are going to be interest of you. In the afternoon we drive to Turkish - Georgian border on Eastern Black Sea coast, after viewing Georgia from Sarpi Gate, we drive along the Black Sea coast back to Trabzon irport for your flight back Istanbul. Arrive in Istanbul and the end of our services.