Eastern Karadeniz

Eastern Karadeniz is a region in Black Sea Turkey, including the Artvin, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Rize, and Trabzon provinces. Regions Cities Ayder— village up in the lush Kaçkar Mountains/Pontic Alps Rize— centre of the country's tea-growing region Sürmene Torul— a town inland Trabzon— biggest city and hub of the region Other destinations Understand A humid and verdant region as a consequence of the high precipitation levels distributed even throughout the year, the biodiversity of Eastern Karadeniz reaches the levels of tropical rainforests in some areas. Most of the higher parts of the mountains which dominate the region and usually ascending right from the coastline and giving way for little land for development are covered with lush forests, while yet highest parts are covered with alpine meadows and glacier lakes with the lower foothills are mostly tea plantations—a subtropical plant which can grow abundantly in the region thanks to the shielding effect of Caucasus Mountains from the cold northern winds in addition to the generous rainfall. Other important crops include hazelnuts and citrus. Eastern Karadeniz is the part of the region which Turks mostly think of when they hear Karadeniz, i.e. Black Sea. Talk Get in Trabzon is the main hub of transportation into the region. Trabzon is the site of the sole airport in the region, with links to the big cities in the rest of the country. Trabzon, and Rize to a lesser degree, are served by frequent buses from rest of the country, especially big cities such as Istanbul and Ankara. However, as the region lies on the far northeastern corner of the country, distances are huge and bus ride from, for example, Istanbul can easily take a full day and night. There are also some ferries from Russian Black Sea Coast to Trabzon. Get around The highway D010, which was recently upgraded to motorway standards, closely follows the coastline—sometimes too closely that it replaces the coastline as the motorway was built at cost of almost all of region's beaches, and forms the main backbone of transportation in the region from one end to another. See Itineraries Do Eat Drink Stay safe Get out Central Karadeniz to west is the extension of the Black Sea coast, yet with less mountains and much more plains. Eastern Anatolia to the south, just over the Pontic Mountains, is high territory with cold weather—even in summer—and is almost a world apart from the coast. Travellers heading further east enters Georgia's Black Sea coast via Sarpi border gate. This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!