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9 days, 8 nights
9 days, 8 nightsJourneys
The Black Sea
From Kastamonu's canyons to Artvin's forests: Ottoman towns, a cliff-side monastery, tea gardens running down to the sea and wooden villages in the Kaçkar mountains.
- Duration
- 9 days, 8 nights
The programme
- Day 1 · KastamonuArrive in Kastamonu. The castle, the Nasrullah Mosque and the Ottoman mansions of the old town.
- Day 2 · Küre MountainsKüre Mountains National Park: the Horma Canyon walkway, the Ilıca waterfall and the Valla Canyon near Pınarbaşı.
- Day 3 · Sinop & the coastSinop's fortress on its peninsula, then east along the coast road to Trabzon and sunset from Boztepe.
- Day 4 · SümelaThe Hagia Sophia of Trabzon, then Sümela Monastery, built into a cliff face above the Altındere Valley.
- Day 5 · UzungölTo Uzungöl, a lake ringed by mountains and wooden houses. A quiet afternoon and a night by the water.
- Day 6 · Rize & Fırtına ValleyRize's tea gardens and a tea factory, then the Fırtına Valley with its stone bridges and Zil Castle.
- Day 7 · AyderAyder plateau: hot springs, wooden highland houses and the Gito and Pokut plateaus above the clouds.
- Day 8 · ArtvinKaragöl lake, the Macahel valley, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, and the forests of Borçka.
- Day 9 · DepartureTransfer to Trabzon or Rize–Artvin airport for your flight home.
Included
- Private guide with you for the whole journey
- Private car or van with driver
- Domestic flights in and out
- Selected boutique hotels and lakeside or mountain lodges
- Lunch every day, with Black Sea specialities