Trabzon Flight Ticket

General Information on Trabzon

Trabzon, which hosts every hue of the green in its fertile lands, is one of the biggest and the most important cities of the Black Sea. Located between the Zigana Mountains and the Black Sea, this city welcomes thousands of domestic and foreign tourists throughout the year thanks to its fascinating nature, cultural texture, historical importance for the Ottoman State and numerous civilizations, unique views, and local cuisine.

Flooded by visitors for its Soumela Monastery and holiday resorts like Uzungol as well as its forests that host countless plants and uniquely beautiful highlands, Trabzon is breathtakingly beautiful with its views. This city, which is very important for tourism, is also a center of education, culture, trade, agriculture, industry, and transportation.

How to go to the City Center from Trabzon Airport?

Located 6 km to the city center, Trabzon Airport is one of the airports that are closest to city center, thanks to its location. Trabzon Airport, which offers wonderful flight scenes thanks to its location on the coastline, has been providing Trabzon and the neighboring cities with domestic and international air transport since 1957.

Taxi

The most frequently used alternative for a fast and comfortable transfer from Trabzon Airport to the city center is taxi. It takes approximately 15 minutes to go to the city center by taxi you can find in front of the domestic and international flights exit gates 24 hours a day.

Buses and Minibuses

Public transport is another option to go to the city center from Trabzon Airport. You can find many buses and minibuses going to the city center at the bus stops at airport exit. You can go to Degirmendere, Forum Trabzon, and Meydan by riding the Cimenli and Yomra buses that pass through the airport stop frequently.

Havas

One of the most frequently used options in airport-city center transfer is Havas shuttle buses. You can go to the city center, or to Hopa-Ardesen-Rize or Tirebolu route by riding the Havas shuttle buses that await at the arrivals section of the airport. 

Car Rental

You can also prefer car rental services as a private option to go to the city center as well as for your travels in the city. You can have your urban transport by selecting the right car for you from the car rental offices at Trabzon Airport. In this way, you can also go to the neighboring cities like Rize, Giresun, and Artvin as you like.

What to eat in Trabzon?

When it comes to Trabzon, pita and pickle varieties are the first foods coming to mind, in addition to the meals made of anchovy, corn, black cabbage, and green bean. The city where numerous different cultures meet has a rich cuisine. However, the most notable meal varieties in Trabzon cuisine are the ones made by using anchovy. In the city where “40 different meals of anchovy are cooked”, there are numerous local tastes like fried anchovy, stewed anchovy, rice covered with anchovies, anchovy soup, anchovy burger, stuffed anchovy rolls, and anchovy hash browns. The city established on the coast of the Black Sea, where fishery is the main industry, has developed a different food culture in which the anchovy is cooked in almost all styles.

In Trabzon cuisine, corn is an important source of nutrition other than anchovy. Corn and corn flour constitute the main ingredient for numerous different meals, the first one of which is the cornbread. Besides, Trabzon bread is also peculiar to the city; it is a bread baked in masonry oven and can remain fresh for a long time. Not limited to these foods, Trabzon cuisine leaves marvelous tastes in the mouths with its pita varieties as well. The pita varieties that contain minced meat, cheese, and lots of fat constitute a delicious meal option with its preparation and baking styles special to the city. The meat-stuffed black cabbage leaves and the black cabbage soup are also the special meals from the local cuisine. Hasil made of corn flour, which you can prefer for every meal during your Uzungol tour; ic hogic prepared with spinach and chard; roasted green beans; mihlama that is made with butter and has a great taste; and Akcaabat meatballs named after the district where they are cooked are also some of the addictively delicious Trabzon meals.

Where to stay in Trabzon?

There are numerous accommodation facilities in different parts of the city, and within different price ranges, which you can prefer as per the reason of your visit. Those who want to stay in the city center can prefer multi-starred hotels. You can tour and shop in the city center by staying in these hotels located in Trabzon city center. However, if you have come to the city to go to the highlands, meet the unique nature of the Black Sea, and fill up your lungs with oxygen in perfectly clean air, then we suggest you stay in the accommodation facilities in the mountains and highlands.