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1. City discovery

   Pide

   Try pide — and photograph it.

2. Food · Akçaabat

   Eat muhlama and fried anchovies

   Try muhlama (kuymak), karayemiş, fried anchovies and turbot on one menu at a classic Black Sea restaurant — and photograph it.

3. History · Maçka

   Climb up to the Sümela Monastery

   The arches in front of Sümela belonged to a water-supply system: water from springs to the south was distributed through the courtyard fountain and channels. On your ascent, look for the arches and consider the water route that supported daily life on this rocky slope; photograph them from a permitted spot. The museum page carries a partial-closure notice, so confirm the open route before visiting.

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4. Nature · Çaykara

   Early-morning mist view at Uzungöl

   Walk around the lake before the mist lifts in the morning; a cornbread breakfast at a local guesthouse — and photograph it.

5. Nature

   Pick tea on the slopes above Trabzon

   Shears replaced hand-picking here in the eighties and the older pickers will tell you the tea has never been the same since. Ask one of them to show you where to cut. The leaf oxidises on the way down, so speed is the whole job. Photograph the cut edge of the row.