10 Things You Must Do in Trabzon

## Start with Sumela The monastery in the cliff is the image people carry home. Go early. ## Spend a night at Uzungöl Day trips see the crowds; an overnight sees the mist. ## Drink tea on Boztepe The whole city and the sea, an hour before sunset. ## Eat kuymak for breakfast Melted cheese and cornmeal, served in a copper pan. ## Walk Ortamahalle in Akçaabat Restored Black Sea houses on a hillside above the water. ## Visit Trabzon Hagia Sophia A 13th-century church with frescoes still on the walls. ## Drive up to a plateau Şekersu or Demirkapı, above the cloud line. ## See a Trabzonspor match If the fixture list allows it, do not miss it. ## Buy kazaziye silver A weaving craft you will not find elsewhere. ## Take the coast road east Sürmene, tea gardens and small bays all the way to Rize.