Black Sea Türkiye

Black Sea Turkey ( Turkish: Karadeniz Bölgesi) in northern Türkiye, is a humid and verdant region famous for its natural beauty thanks to the high precipitation levels distributed evenly throughout the year. The region is very mountainous and is heavily forested, while the highest parts of the mountains are covered with alpine meadows, glacier lakes and glaciers.

It occupies much of the nation's northern (Black Sea) coast, while the rest of it is part of Marmara (region) | Marmara Region.

Cities

Amasya — a historic city with riverside Ottoman mansions and ancient rock-cut tombs watching them from above

Amasra — a beautiful seaside resort city with a nice beach, pleasant vistas and great fish restaurants

Giresun — city standing out with its lively nightlife; trips to a nearby island with lush vegetation can be arranged from here

Rize — the heart of Turkey's tea growing region; not a real tourism attraction, but a good base for adventuring the northeast

Safranbolu — a town known for its preserved Ottoman old town and streetscape with whitewashed houses. Also a UNESCO World Heritage List|World Heritage site.

Samsun — largest city on the Turkish Black Sea coast with big city attractions: such as opera and museums. Also many sports, including wakeboarding in summer.

Sinop — an ancient fortified port city jutting out on a peninsula into Turkey's northernmost tip

Trabzon — the main city of the northeast has a lot to offer a visitor and is the place to stay when traveling to the stunning Sümela Monastery

Zonguldak — a bleak industrial city surrounded by coal mines

More Destinations

Altinderevalley - Altındere Valley, which houses Sümela Monastery (which can be seen in the centre of the photo, click to enlarge)

• Abant — a resort around a mountain lake of the same name; fairly popular among the local residents due to its easily accessible location near the Istanbul–Ankara motorway
• Ayder — a village up in the lush Kaçkar Mountains/Pontic Alps
• Bogazkale — an ancient Hittite city
• Ilgaz National Park — ski resort amidst beautiful fir forests
• Trabzon#Sümela Monastery|Sümela — stunning monastery hanging on a cliff in the lush Altındere Valley

How to get around Black Sea Türkiye

Cide gideros - Sunset over the Bay of Gideros, purportedly the only fjord in Türkiye

The 350 kilometers road from Amasra to Sinop is beautiful and breathtaking as it winds it's way along the rugged coast. If you are depending on public transport, however, it is likely to take two days. Expect to spend a night in one of the small towns along the coast, such as Inebolu, as bus service is town-to-town and you are likely to arrive at some town after the last dolmus has left. While the towns along the way are unspoilt and unpretentious and they are a bit run down. If you have your own vehicle or motorcycle, you can do the journey in one day (start early).

Go Next

As the Black Sea Region spreads over most of northern Türkiye elongatedly, getting out of region involves heading for destinations hugely different in character:

• To west, Marmara (region) | Marmara Region with some of the nation's greatest city's, packed full of historical sights.
• To south, you have two inland options depending on where you cross over the coastal mountain range—wide open steppes of Central Anatolia or mountainous territory of Eastern Anatolia.

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