Hotels in Trabzon

Staying in Trabzon

The centre is built on a slope above the sea, around the main square of Meydan, with the old quarter and the bazaar to its west. Trabzon's own Hagia Sophia, a medieval church with frescoes, stands near the shore on the west edge of the city. Boztepe hill rises behind the centre with tea gardens looking over the harbour. The coast road runs east and west out of the city, and the roads into the mountains climb inland from it. The airport sits on the shore east of the centre, and arrivals reach the city by road along the coast. A car booked ahead is useful because many hotels are not in the centre at all but in the hills or at Uzungöl, and the mountain roads are narrow. Give the driver the hotel's village as well as its name. Decide between city and mountains. A hotel near Meydan puts the restaurants and the bazaar on foot and makes day trips simple. Staying at Uzungöl or in the highlands gives you the scenery in the morning but needs a car for everything else. For an early flight, the eastern side of the city is nearer the airport.