Sumela Monastery hidden high on a steep cliff | TRABZON, TURKEY

Trabzon is a city located on the Black Sea coast of northeast Turkey. It's home to another Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) as well as the incredible and very old Sumela/Soumela Monastery which is nestled right into the mountain slope. We visited both of these historical beauties during our short stay in Trabzon. To get to Sümela we booked a group tour with Zenofon Tours but it actually ended up being a private tour (lucky us!). We had a fantastic and knowledgeable tour guide Ata, who gave us the time and freedom to fully explore Sümela Monastery to our heart's content as well as take us to the lesser known spot to admire it from a distance. We chose Zenofon tours (not sponsored) because they allowed much more time at Soumela Monastery unlike some tour operators who cram a lot of additional places into the day's itinerary which would've greatly reduced the time we could've spent exploring Soumela. Though there are still restoration efforts going on at Sumela and it can be a bit of a gamble with the weather and crowds, it's definitely well worth a visit. Don't lose your tickets and note that only the designated shuttles can go up to the base. All vehicles must park at the carpark (we saw private cars that drove to the top drop off point get denied parking and made to turn around and go back down). ▸ Zenofon Tours https://www.zenofontours.com/sumela-m... ▸ Our lunch spot that day was recommended by Ata too. Very lively atmosphere with welcoming and friendly staff plus tasty food. Tarihi Lezzet Lokantası Address: Kemerkaya, Gazipaşa Cd. No:1, 61200 Trabzon Merkez/Trabzon ▸ First day's food spot was where we tried a local specialty of Trabzon - Kuymak. It's right next to the Trabzon Ayasofya. ▸ Hotel Accommodation Azra Suite Otel Address: 2 Nolu Bostancı, MAHALLESİ, Akif Saruhan Cd. NO 72, 61080 Ortahisar/Trabzon #sumela #turkey #türkiye #turkiye =============== VLOG DATE: 31 May & 1 June 2022 =============== SUPPORT US If you enjoy our videos please remember to hit that thumbs up, share our video and/or leave us a comment, we really enjoy hearing from our viewers 🙂 If you're new to our channel, we hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you can stay up to date with all our latest videos each week. We normally post a new video every Sunday 11.30am NZT with the occasional midweek bonus. Any donations are also sincerely appreciated as it goes directly into helping us continue to make our videos to share with everyone. Your support means a lot to us and any contribution at all is amazing. A huge thank you from us both! ❤️🙂 =============== FOLLOW US Instagram   / peterandyen   Facebook   / peterandyen   Website https://peterandyen.com/