
A small mountain lodge on the road to Sumela, surrounded by pine forest.
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Gateway to Sumela and the forests
Maçka is the forested valley district on the way to Sumela Monastery, with the Altındere national park, mountain streams and cool summer air. Most Sumela day trips pass through here.
About 30 km south of Trabzon Center, 40 minutes by car.

A small mountain lodge on the road to Sumela, surrounded by pine forest.

A 4th-century monastery built into a vertical cliff 300 metres above the valley.