Visit Sumela
- Mountain
- River
- Essential
Sumela: How to get there?
55 minutes from Trabzon by car
Sumela: When to go?
All year round
Sumela: For how long?
Half a day
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Sumela Vacations
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A superb historical building clinging to a steep mountainside and offering magnificent views
Sumela: What to see in the surroundings?
What our travelers think about their stay
A monastery built into the rock at an altitude of 1200 metres.
My suggestion
You must go there when the weather's good to enjoy a beautiful view out over the horizon.
A superb historical building clinging to a steep mountainside and offering magnificent views
My suggestion
Though it gets packed in summer, in winter you have the freedom to wander the monastery's interior at your leisure.
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