City: Turkey
Top Things to do in Turkey
Top Hotels in Turkey
- 1. Romance Istanbul Hotel
- 2. Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus
- 3. Concorde De Luxe Resort
- 4. Lara Barut Collection
- 5. Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center
- 6. Hotel Yasmak Sultan
- 7. White House Hotel Istanbul
- 8. Kayakapi Premium Caves - Cappadocia
- 9. Swissotel The Bosphorus, Istanbul
- 10. Hotel Sultania
The 10 Best Lookouts in Turkey, Turkey
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye [ˈtyɾcije]), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti [ˈtyɾcije d͡ʒumˈhuɾijeti] ( listen)), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. The country is encircled by seas on three sides with the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which together form the Turkish Straits, divide Thrace and Anatolia and separate Europe and Asia. Ankara is the capital while Istanbul is the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre, classified as a leading global city.
Restaurants in Turkey
1. Calis Tepesi
2. Bakacak Tepesi
3. Bakacak Tepesi
4. Arapapisti Kanyonu Seyir Tepesi
5. Red Tower
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 948 reviews
Reviewed By Jane2003rugby - Kingston-upon-Hull, United Kingdom
The Red Tower is located at the end of the harbour, just up from the jetty. The opening hours where 9.00 am - 19.00 pm in the summer. Entrance fee was 7 TL or 10 TL with the Shipyard or 14 TL with Shipyard & Damlatas cave. Four floors to visit, plus the turret with fantastic views at the top. As this is a medieval tower, there are lots of steep ,narrow, steps to climb, so not suitable for people with disabilities, or small children. Displays, models, old photos, on each floor. A must do, is on the second floor, walk out onto the old walls, the only way you can access it, again great views, but a lot of people miss it.
6. Boztepe
7. Asiklar Tepesi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
8. Goztepe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
9. Sumela Monastery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,226 reviews
This place is temporarily closed due to restoration works ongoing since 2015. It will reopen in August 2018.
Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
Sumela Monastery(Panagia Sumela –Virgin mary) if you want to live in nature and history, sumela Monastery is a place to stop.47 km from trabzon province, 17 km from maçka district, this historic monastery is waiting for all its visitors.vans running through the valley to the monastery can take you up or you have to go up the stairs.I want to tell you a little bit about history.. today, the 1700-year-old historical Sumela Monastery in the city of trabzon within the borders of Turkey.built in a single piece of rock ,Sumela Monastery is a masterpiece with its magnificent view,centuries of construction, location and more than 100 frescoes.. before the monastery, I will start by explaining why the monastery was built in such a difficult place to reach and why this place was chosen geographically. yes, the north of the Anatolian peninsula (south of the Black Sea) is known for its mountain ranges that lie parallel to the coast. through these high mountains and the Black Sea trade and travel since ancient times people have reached out to by sea from kaskasya,Central Asia ,Iran ,geography Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia from the high mountains of the region and benefitted from the ease of this nature, they built roads to cross.the most important of these roads are the Silk Road,the Spice Road and the King Road... the port of trabzon, which has been used since ancient times, served as a gateway to the Black Sea and the world for these 3 historical roads.a branch of the Silk Road through erzurum is the King's road,which the Assyrians and Persians built using the valleys between the high mountains, and the Spice Road, which again starts from Asia and extends to Europe... Sumela Monastery was established at the intersection of these ancient roads, which are used extensively. it is believed that the first inhabitants of the region were members of the Turan (Turkish tribes )race, who migrated from Central Asia and the Caucasus.Phoenicians,Assyrians , miletans ,Medes,Persians,Alexander the great,the Pontic state ,Rome,eastern Rome, the Kingdom of Komnenos and the Ottomans ruled in these lands. the date of the first establishment of monasteries(Christian) goes back to the 3rd century. Saint Basileios , one of the 3 Christian fathers of Cappadocia, who first organized monastic life and organization. Virgin Mary (Panaghia) Greek Sumela of the monastery founded in the name of The name is originally from the word Melas, which means black and dark. It is stated that it may be. This name is dark colored, where the monastery was founded. Although it is thought to come from Karadağ mountain, the word Sumela here It can also be attributed to the black color of the depiction of Mary(fresco). It is thought that the monastery was first built into the cave that was formed by natural ways. It is thought that it took its present form in a process that lasted about 300 years in 4 centuries. It is thought that the monastery was first built inside the cave that was formed by natural ways. It is thought that it took its present form in a process that started in the 4th century and lasted about 300 years. (4-7 centuries). but the Monastery received its final form, which exists today, during the construction activities carried out during the reign of Alexios III(14 century) during the reign of the Komnenos of Trabzon (Pontus). there are various rumors about the foundation of the monastery.one of them, by order of the Roman emperor in the 4th century ( I It was built in the time of Theodosius (375-395)) by 2 priests named Barnabas and Sophronios from Athens. According to another rumor, within the Virgin Mary and jesus It is said that two priests, who saw that a painting believed to be found was not burned when it was thrown into the fire and did not deteriorate in contact with water, hung this painting on the ceiling of a cave where water was dripping on the ceiling of the mountain, and then this monastery was considered sacred. After Theodoisios I, during the reign of Theodosios II, the construction activities continued in Sumela,then During the reign of Emperor Anastasios (491- 518) and then the building was rebuilt by Belisarios (Dara battle (AD 530), the general of Justinianus (527-565). The monastery mainly consists of the following sections; main rock church, chapels, student rooms, guest section, library, aqueduct, aya'zma ... In the 14th century, the Sumela monastery was exempted from all taxes and prohibitions during the reign of Alexios III.This tradition continued during the Ottoman Empire and the Fatih sultan Mehmet(II Mehmet) Sumela, who conquered Trabzon, excluded the monastery and its employees from taxes. An interesting incident occurs about it. In the 17th century, Ottoman tax officials demanded taxes from 2 monks working in the monastery. The priests had no accumulated money, did not do agriculture and did not earn money, so they appealed to the Ottoman courts. Osmanli sent the order to Trabzon beylerbeyi (Trabzon state )stated clearly that no tax was collected from the employees of this monastery from now on, as before. There are hundreds of frescoes in the monastery that are quoted from the Torah and the Bible. It is thought that these frescoes were made by different masters and priests in 3 different periods. the different colors used in the frescoes ,the different sizes and compositions of the frescoes, and the absence of any chronological order in the frescoes, indicate that the frescoes were made in 3 or 4 different periods.the earliest frescoes are believed to belong to the 4th century, the century of the construction of the monastery.other frescoes are thought to have been made later in the 9th and 10th centuries and in the 17th century. While the frescoes were renewed, small scratches of 2-3 millimeters deep were made on the old frescoes, making the newly made frescoes stronger. The frescoes describe 100's of events in the Torah and the Bible.
