Every nature video worth watching in Trabzon — in one place

Trabzon’s landscape is the counterargument to the assumption that Turkey is a dry, Mediterranean country. The Black Sea interior — the province of Rize directly east of Trabzon — is genuinely alpine: green tea plantations climbing steep hillsides, snow-capped peaks, and valleys that one creator explicitly compares to the European Alps and Switzerland in terms of landscape character. Uzungol lake is the specific nature destination that multiple video titles reference — a glacial lake surrounded by forest that sits about 100 kilometres inland from Trabzon — and it is the basis for the “Switzerland of Turkey” framing that appears repeatedly in this set. The Sumela Monastery, built into a cliff at roughly 1,200 metres, requires a 30-minute hike from the car park and is the nature-history combination that most creators treat as Trabzon’s defining visit. The Black Sea coast itself, north of the city, is less dramatic for swimming than the Aegean or Mediterranean but provides the fishing harbour context for the hamsi anchovy culture that defines Trabzon’s food identity.

The “Trabzon Travel Guide: Uzungol, Sumela, Black Sea Wonders” video is the most geographically complete in this set, covering all three of the major nature draws — the lake, the monastery, the coast — in a single structured guide. The “Anatolian Switzerland: Trabzon Rize” video provides the landscape-comparison frame that helps visitors calibrate what the Black Sea interior actually looks like. Pair those two as the primary nature orientation watches before the remaining seven videos drill into specific sites and scenic route footage.