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How to get from Sumela to Trabzon

Every way we could verify, sorted by door-to-door time. Airport and terminal transfers are inside the figures — the number you see is the number you live.

Timetables checked · Fares are ranges, not live prices

Sumela to Trabzon

  1. CarFastestOur pick

    1 hr 15 min door to door · $6–50 · checked Sept 2026

    ~45 km up the Değirmendere valley to the Altındere car park (₺50–200), then the mandatory ₺90 park shuttle. Trabzon–Sümela minibus ₺175 pp; a metered taxi is ~₺2,400 one way (~$50), day tours ₺600–1,200.

  2. BusCheapest

    1 hr 30 min door to door · $4–8 · checked Aug 2026

    Daily tour minibuses from Trabzon centre; ~1.5 h with the park shuttle.

Trabzon to Sumela

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