The Pontic Mountains, with their breathtaking vistas, provided a magnificent backdrop that elevated our entire experience. No wonder they call the Pontic the Alps of Turkey. The scenery is ...

Amongits most riveting historic sites is the Sumela Monastery, one of the world’s oldest, built right into a cliff in the Pontic Mountains, overlooking the Altındere Valley. Pilgrims have been ...

Mount Harşena, which is located in the north of the basin separated by the Yeşilırmak River is unique due to various reasons; it has been inhabited interruptedly for more than five thousand years by ...

In most ways, Kuşköy resembles countless other villages nestled in the Pontic Mountains along Turkey's Black Sea coast. Its 500 or so residents cultivate tea and hazelnuts; there is one street ...

Amongits most riveting historic sites is the Sumela Monastery, one of the world’s oldest, built right into a cliff in the Pontic Mountains, overlooking the Altındere Valley. Pilgrims have been ...