Sumela monastery turkey trabzon 2. Select an option below to see step by step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rios travel planner. The sumela monastery now is under construction so you must check before you upstairs to the monastery otherwise the location is with grest atmosphere. The monastery is constructed on rocks reached by a path through the forest. 1 of places to do in trabzon uzungol 2.
It was built between 1998 and 2010 for the primary purpose of drinking water supply but also has a 5 mw hydroelectric power station. Its a myth in nature. Tripadvisor has been notified. Website 90 464 250 03 33.
The monastery is inside the altindere national park surrounded by a beautiful forest and at the bottom of the mountain flows one of. Today sumela monastery stands on the high cliffs of zigana mountains on an attitude of 1200 meters in the macka region of trabzon province at the black sea region of turkey 46 km 26 miles away from trabzon. The cheapest way to get from turkey to sumela monastery costs only 248 and the quickest way takes just 2 hours. Next comes the monastery of sumela.
16 km south of trabzon in trabzon province turkey.