The yaylas, above the clouds
Lunch at a family's table in the yayla
Above the forests of the eastern Black Sea lie the yaylas, the high summer pastures where families still take their herds once the snow has gone.
Black Sea
The other Türkiye: forest down to the sea, tea on the terraces, and mist that rises in the afternoon.
Go in summer, when the high pastures are open and the clouds settle in the valleys below them.
- When
- June to September, when the high pastures are open.
- From Istanbul
- About an hour and three quarters by air, to Trabzon.
Around your pace, not around opening hours. With your own car and driver, a guide chosen for your interests, and one travel designer from the first call to the flight home.
Private experiences in the Black Sea region
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The hazelnut harvest, with a family
With a farming family, at their home
In late summer the hills above the Black Sea turn to harvest.
From the journal
Tea, mist and the high pastures of the eastern Black Sea
Forest down to the shore, rain that keeps the tea green, and above the clouds the high pastures where families still spend the summer. The other Türkiye, between June and September.
A journey through the Black Sea region, made yours.
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