Uzungol

Most Trabzon travel guide books recommend a trip to Uzungol, a large beautiful lake surrounded by thick, dense forests. It is 100 kilometres from Trabzon and a 90-minute drive. Many tour agencies in Trabzon sell day trips there, but I stayed overnight instead, in one of Uzungol’s traditional hand built wooden hotels. This gave us more time to explore, further inland, especially the Demirkapi plateau.