Sumela Monastery Zigana and Hamsikoy Tour
Trabzon , Turkey
The Price : € 25.00
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Duration :
1 Day
Start Location :
Trabzon
Overview
Highlights
- Visit Altındere National Park and Sumela Monastery with a daily Private Tour
- Travel along the Historical Silk Road and Limni Lake
- Explore the natural beauties of Zigana Pass and Hamsiköy
- Taste the famous traditional Turkish rice-milk dessert called Sutlaç
Departure
We’ll pick you up from your hotel between 09:00 – 09:30 AM
Itinerary
- Our driver will meet you at the address and time you want according to your reservation or your request. Then we will start our day tour with our private car.
- The first step is going to Sumela Monastery which is located in Altındere National Park. After a journey that takes about an hour, we arrive to Altindere National Park. You will then be able to take a short break in the cafeteria of amazing nature next to the monastery.
- You will be able to start visiting Sumela Monastery immediately using the tickets purchased from the toll booths in the national park. In order to reach Sumela, monastery transportation is used. After reaching the monastery, which consists of guard rooms, a library, a kitchen, rooms for guests as well as students, the sacred fountain, and lastly the main rock church.
- Afterwards, we will return to our tour vehicle by the same transportation for the monastery that were boarded. Then, we will continue our tour with the historic Zigana Pass.
- As an agency, we recommend that you take your lunch at a local restaurant in Zigana where many famous travelers spend their time. It is also considered one of the important passages on the historic Silk Road.
- After seeing the Zigana Pass, which reaches a height of 2,050 meters above sea level, we will be moving to the village of Hamsiköy. It’s also famous for its natural beauty and a rice-milk dessert called Sutlaç.
- Finally, we will visit Limni Lake Nature Park and give you time to relax in it. After the visit, our tour ends in Trabzon and we say goodbye to meet on another tour.