Trabzon Sights

  1. Atapark

    Next to the Gülbahar Hatun Camii (Mosque Of The Ottomans), the Atapark has a tea garden for refreshments and a reconstructed wooden serander from a village further along the coast.

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  2. Atatürk Villa

    Town life too hectic for you? Head to the Atatürk Villa, 5km southwest of Atatürk Alanı. Set above the town, it has a fine view and lovely gardens. The three-storey white villa, designed in a Black Sea style popular in the Crimea, was built between 1890 and 1903 for a wealthy Trabzon banking family, and was given to Atatürk when he visited the city in 1924.

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  3. Aya Sofya Museum

    One of Trabzon's star attractions, the Aya Sofya Museum, originally Hagia Sophia (Church of the Divine Wisdom), is 4km west of the centre on a terrace that once held a pagan temple. Built in the late Byzantine period, between 1238 and 1263, the church was clearly influenced by Georgian and Seljuk design, although the marvellous wall paintings and mosaic floors follow the prevailing Constantinople style.

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  4. Boztepe Picnic Place

    The Boztepe Picnic Place (Boztepe Piknik Alanı) has fine views of the city and the sea, as well as tea gardens and restaurants. In ancient times, Boztepe harboured temples to the Persian sun god Mithra. Later the Byzantines built several churches and monasteries here.

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  5. Çarşı Camii

    Check out the recently restored Çarşı Camii in the lively bazaar district. It's to the west of Atatürk Alanı, in the Çarşı (Market) quarter, accessible by the pedestrianised Kunduracılar Caddesi from Atatürk Alanı, which cuts through the tightly packed streets of the ancient bazaar.

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  7. Gülbahar Hatun Camii

    The Gülbahar Hatun Camii is another mosque worth taking a close look at. It was built by Selim the Grim, the great Ottoman conqueror of Syria and Egypt, in honour of his mother, Gülbahar Hatun, in 1514.

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  8. Taş Han

    Close to the recently restored Çarşı Camii (Market Mosque), you'll see the Taş Han, a single-domed han (caravanserai) thought to have been constructed around 1647, making it the oldest marketplace in Trabzon. It's now full of workshops and stores.

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  9. Trabzon Museum

    Just south of Uzun Sokak, a marvellous Italian-designed mansion was built for a Russian merchant in 1912 and inhabited briefly by Atatürk. It now houses the Trabzon Museum. Inside, the fantastic interiors and original furnishings put most Ottoman re-creations to shame, with a series of impressive high-ceilinged living rooms displaying a variety of ethnographic and Islamic artefacts, mostly labelled in English.

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