Trabzon
While Byzantium's history was fresh in our minds, we took an airplane from Istanbul to the Trabzon, where the last Byzantine emperors ruled. Today, you'll require a healthy imagination to visualize its glory while wandering the current industrial and grimy port of Trabzon, with its Russian flea markets, prostitutes and dilapidated buildings. . Several parks and mosques are worth a visit, especially the Aya Sophia, just out of town, built on a bluff overlooking the Black Sea.
The Sumela Monastery is a short drive south of the city and well worth a visit
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