Must-see attractions in Trabzon

  • Aya Sofya Camii

    Trabzon

    Standing in walled gardens amid symphonies of birdsong, 4km west of centre, is this fine 13th-century church-turned-mosque retaining some carved reliefs…

  • Kanuni Park

    Trabzon

    One of Trabzon's most charming corners, this little park falls within the fortress walls of Ortahısar. It is ringed by fine old buildings including a…

  • Atatürk Mansion

    Trabzon

    This three-storey, blindingly white late-19th-century mansion has fine views and lovely formal gardens. Built for a wealthy Greek banking family in the…

  • Çarşı Camii

    Trabzon

    Recently restored with intricate ceiling paintings and back-lit panels in the spired minbar (pulpit), Çarşı Camii was till recently the largest mosque in…

  • Gülbahar Hatun Camii

    Trabzon

    Sultan Selim I the Grim, the Ottoman conqueror of Syria and Egypt (and known as Yavuz, or 'The Great' to the Turkish), built this mosque southwest of the…

  • Bedesten

    Trabzon

    One of the most distinctive buildings of the bazaar area, the Bedestan is a 16th-century covered market hall – though, from its heavy octagonal uppers,…

  • Ortahisar Fatih Büyük Camii

    Trabzon

    Originally known by the rather breathless name of the 'Church of the Golden-Headed Virgin Mary', this mosque started out as a church, possibly built by…

  • Alaca Han

    Trabzon

    This single-domed han (caravanserai), built in the 18th century, is fronted by a cute little 1807 mosque. It gives its name to Çarşı's best-preserved…

  • İskender Paşa Camii

    Trabzon

    Commissioned in 1529 by the governor (Pasha) of Trabzon, this fine stone mosque has twin tiled domes and an imposing gateway.

  • Trabzon Şehir Müzesi

    Trabzon

    This professionally presented ethnographic museum tells the main points of the city's history three times over, once in film, once in artefacts and once…

  • Trabzon Museum

    Trabzon

    The Kostaki Mansion was constructed in 1917 for a Greek banker and briefly hosted Atatürk in 1924. The Ottoman Black Sea-style building, with its fine neo…

  • Taş Han

    Trabzon

    Typical of the Ottoman caravanserais of its time (1533), Taş Han was built in two storeys around an open courtyard. Today most of the spaces inside are…

  • Ortahisar Tarih Museum

    Trabzon

    A restored old house and backyard, perched on a fortress bastion above the Tabakhane Bridge, hosts a little museum that's all in Turkish but worth a five…

  • Tabakhane Köprüsü

    Trabzon

    Crossing the 'Tannery Bridge' from Trabzon's main commercial centre, allows you a first glimpse of the once massive walls of the Ottoman citadel.

  • Zaǧnos Bridge

    Trabzon

    With its earliest traces dating to Roman or Byzantine times, this bridge above the parklands of the Zaǧnos Valley bears the name of the Pasha (governor)…

  • Tabakhane Camii

    Trabzon

    Classic in style with some fine carvings on its frontage, the Tannery District's current mosque actually only dates to the 1980s, but there were earlier…

  • Konak Camii

    Trabzon

    This small 1883 mosque is fronted by a pair of spindly columns, supporting arches that partly mask a fine calligraphic inscription above the door.