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Private Sightseeing Turkey
Trabzon Port Excursion
Half day tour
Once home
to an independent empire,
Trabzon has always benefited from its strategic location on the
Black Sea Coast, protected by a formidable wall of mountains. The city was
founded by wanderers from Miletus in the 8th century BC, but when the Fourth
Crusade reached
and sacked Constantinople in 1204 AD, the noble family was driven out,
and the Comneni’s established their empire here, calling it Trebizond. This
empire survived and prospered
from trade with
such varied partners as
the Selcuks,Mongols,the
Genoese, and Persians until it was
replaced in 1461 with the Ottomans, who by then had
conquered large parts
of Anatolia.
As the largest port on
Eastern Turkey’s Black SeaCoast, Trabzon today
serves an interesting
role as
go-between for the
countries of the Ex-Soviet Union,
and
for Russia
itself. Goods being imported to and exported from
Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan usually make
their way through Trabzon at
some point, and it is the also the exit point for the Blue Stream,
the world’s deepest underwater oil pipeline.
This modern
town of over 200,000 is thoroughly commercial,
crowded and intercultural. Trabzon is a fascinating blend of cultures and
lifestyles, and has featured in the stories of such
renowned travellers
as Marco Polo and
Rose Macaulay (The Towers of
Trebizond) so you’re
guaranteed
to be in good company.
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