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Trabzon, Sümela & the Eastern Black Sea: 4-Day Plan You Can Actually Do
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The 4-day version for July: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 4-day plan · best time to go.
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4
days
230 km
distance
5.2 h
in transit
9
curated stops
💡 Good to know for this plan
- ~14.7 hours of daylight in July — the plan keeps days inside a realistic window.
- The reviewed summer baseline still requires same-day rain, fog, mountain-road, roadworks and site-access checks.
Day 1 Trabzon public Black Sea heritage day
- Transit
- none
- Finish
- ~15:00
- Temperature
- 21.6°C–25.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 14.7h
09:00
Trabzon public Black Sea heritage circuit goturkiye.com map ↗
Use a bounded public Trabzon heritage circuit; no guided, culinary or waterfront activity is assumed.
300 min · Trabzon public Black Sea heritage day · Confirm current admission, road and public-access conditions
14:00
Day 2 Sümela prebooked public monastery return day
- Transit
- 0h01
- Finish
- ~15:05
- Temperature
- 21.6°C–25.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 14.7h
09:05
Sümela prebooked public monastery return circuit dosim.ktb.gov.tr map ↗
Use the confirmed Sümela admission and staffed return transport from Trabzon; no hike or independent mountain-road access is assumed.
360 min · Sümela prebooked public monastery return day · Confirm current admission, road and public-access conditions
Overnight here
Day 3 Rize reserved coast-road and public tea-heritage day
- Transit
- 2h24
- Finish
- ~17:15
- Temperature
- 16.4°C–23.1°C
- Rainy days
- ~9
- Daylight
- 14.7h
11:15
Rize reserved coast-road and public tea-heritage circuit goturkiye.com map ↗
Use the confirmed coast-road transfer and a bounded public Rize tea-heritage circuit; no plantation tour or provider activity is assumed.
240 min · Rize reserved coast-road and public tea-heritage day · Confirm current admission, road and public-access conditions
15:25
16:25
Day 4 Ayder reserved mountain-road and public village day
- Transit
- 2h45
- Finish
- ~17:30
- Temperature
- 11.3°C–21.1°C
- Rainy days
- ~12
- Daylight
- 14.7h
11:15
Ayder reserved mountain-road and public village circuit goturkiye.com map ↗
Use the confirmed mountain-road transfer and a bounded public Ayder village circuit; no remote yayla road, trek or hot-spring session is assumed.
240 min · Ayder reserved mountain-road and public village day · Confirm current admission, road and public-access conditions
15:40
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