Black Sea and Batumi Tour with Flight 3 Nights

UZUNGÖL - RİZE FABRIC - SUMELA MONASTERY - HAMSİKÖY RICE PUDDING

Our tour starts by picking you up from 04.30 In front of Beylikdüzü Migros - 05.00 In front of Yenibosna Airport AVM - 05.30 In front of Şişli Prontotour Central Office - at 06.00 next to the Kadıköy Marriage Office Parking Lot, and we depart with our service vehicles to Sabiha Gökçen Airport. We complete our boarding procedures for our flight at the airport with our identity card or driver's license. We meet with our guests who will come to the airport by their own means at 06.30 in front of the Ajet Airlines Counter, pass through security control, and depart for Rize with the Ajet Airlines Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen – Rize flight scheduled to depart at 08.45. After meeting our vehicle and guide waiting for us in Rize, we go to the Rize Fabric Workshop to get to know the world-famous fabrics of Rize. Here, we get information about the making of Rize Fabric and take photos with the women weaving Rize Fabric. Afterwards, passing through Of, the famous district of Trabzon, we enter the Solaklı Valley. The valley will lead us to Uzungöl, the region of the Black Sea that is featured on postcards. You can take a short walk, take beautiful photos, and chat pleasantly with the locals in Uzungöl, the symbol of the Black Sea formed as a result of the Haldizen Stream being blocked by alluviums. Then we move to Altındere National Park. You will not be able to hide your astonishment when you see the architectural wonder of the Sumela Monastery, built by carving into the rocks on the skirts of Karadağ. You will be enchanted once more after our guide's explanations while observing the Sumela Monastery at an altitude of 1250 meters. After our National Park tour and tasting the Hamsiköy Rice Pudding, we depart for our hotel. 

Morning Breakfast: Will Be Taken as an Extra.

Lunch: Will Be Taken as an Extra.

Dinner: Will Be Taken at the Hotel and Is Included in the Tour Price.

Hotel: Trabzon Hotels etc.

Route: Rize - Uzungöl (105 km) Uzungöl - Maçka (115 km)

Total Distance to Be Covered: 220 Km

Hotel Check-in Time: 18.00 (Estimated Time)

TRABZON - HAGIA SOPHIA CHURCH - ATATÜRK MANSION - FILIGREE ART - KARACA CAVE - TEA FACTORY - CAZILAR STREAM

Our tour, after the breakfast we will have at our hotel in the morning, our first stop is Karaca Cave (will be visited if open). In the cave opened to tourism in 1996; stalactites, stalagmites, columns, dripstone pools, curtain dripstones, cave needles, cave pearls, cave flowers, organ-patterned walls, flag shapes, elephant ears, travertine steps, travertine pools have formed and continue to form. In addition to the visual beauty of the cave, another feature is that the trip here serves as a cure for asthma patients. After our cave tour, we depart for Trabzon. In the center of Trabzon, we visit the Hagia Sophia Museum, one of the important works of the Pontus State, built in the 13th century during the reign of Manuel I Komnenos and converted into a museum in 1964. Afterwards, we set off towards the Soğuksu District. Here, the Atatürk Mansion, a 20th-century masterpiece, welcomes us. The Great Leader visited this mansion twice in 1924 and 1930, stayed here in 1937, and wrote a part of his will in this mansion. After our Atatürk Mansion tour, we visit the Filigree Workshop and Store where we can see and buy examples of Trabzon's unique Filigree Art. Then we go to the Sürmene Knife Store, which is one of the first things that comes to mind when Sürmene is mentioned. After getting information about the Sürmene Knife and doing our shopping, we will head to the facility established on Cazılar Stream. We take a coffee break in the facility, which offers a visual feast with various witch figures and different decorations in it. After enjoying an authentic atmosphere in the lush green nature, we go to our tea factory, which was also used in the TV series Taşaçak Bu Deniz, and learn on-site the process tea follows from being plucked from the branch to reaching our glasses. After the information we will receive here, those who wish can buy gift tea from this point. After our tea factory visit, we move to the local product store where we can also buy products such as chestnut, flower honey, cheese for kuymak, butter, corn flour and hazelnuts produced in the Black Sea forests. After our shopping break, we depart for our hotel. 

Morning Breakfast: Will Be Taken at the Hotel and Is Included in the Tour Price.

Lunch: Will Be Taken as an Extra at the Point to Be Determined by Our Guide.

Dinner: Will Be Taken at the Hotel and Is Included in the Tour Price.

Accommodation: Rize Hotels.

Route: Maçka - Karaca Cave (60 km) Karaca Cave – Trabzon (90 km) Trabzon Sightseeing Tours (30 km) Trabzon - Rize (80 km)

Total Distance to Be Covered: 260 Km

Hotel Check-in Time: 18.30  

ÇEÇEVA TEA GARDENS - AĞARAN WATERFALL - FIRTINA VALLEY – MİKRON BRIDGE –  ZİLKALE – AYDER PLATEAU - HUSER PLATEAU 

Our tour, after the breakfast we will have at our hotel in the morning, just as Isparta's Kuyucak Village is famous for its purple lavenders, we depart for Çeçeva Village, attached to Rize, which is famous for its lush green tea fields. We move to the village with minibuses with our guests who wish (EXTRA). Çeçeva's tea gardens, which serve as a natural backdrop; woven with well-kept tea sets and stretching as if they will last forever, are only this regular in Çeçeva Village. After our photo break here, we move to Ağaran Waterfall, which has a magnificent appearance with its water filtered from the rocks and magnificent nature (Extra). After our photo break here, we move to Fırtına Valley, one of the most beautiful valleys of the Black Sea. In Fırtına Valley, first activity time in our facilities by the Fırtına Stream;

We evaluate our different tour alternatives for our guests who wish.

 
1.Option Zilkale, Çat Valley and Palovit Waterfall Tour (Extra): We start a magnificent tour with minibuses we will board from Çamlıhemşin. We enter Çat Valley, one of the important valleys forming the Fırtına Valley. First, passing through Ortan Village, we see Şenyuva Village, formerly known as Çinçiva, where the TV series SEVDALUK and many other productions were filmed. Here, we take a photo break on one of the wide and long Stone Bridges, of which there are dozens in the valley. We set off towards Zilkale, rising in the wild nature of Çat Valley through the Fırtına Mansions, which are located in this region and are the oldest mansions in our country. You will admire the image of Zilkale resembling an Eagle's Nest. At Zilkale, which is 750 meters above sea level and 100 meters above Çat Stream, you can achieve the most beautiful photo frames of your life while spending time there. After the pleasant moments, we climb even higher and reach Palovit Waterfall, famous for its magnificent view and coolness that turns summer into winter. After the pleasant moments we will experience, we get on our minibuses and return to Çamlıhemşin. 

2. Option: Rafting in Fırtına Stream (Extra)

3. Option: ATV Safari in Fırtına Valley (Extra): A track continuing with the raging stream of Fırtına Valley on one side and hundreds of shades of green on our other side. Approximately 6 km and 30 minutes of ATV Tour in the heart of nature. 

After our optional trips, following the Fırtına Stream, we first reach Çamlıhemşin, where the movie "Bal" (Honey), which won our country the Golden Bear Award, was filmed, and then Ayder Plateau, the sultan of plateaus. During this journey, seeing the richest examples of Eastern Black Sea vegetation such as chestnut, alder, and Caucasian spruce, we take a photo break at Mikron or Kale Bridge, the historical Ottoman Stone bridges next to Hala Stream. After the photo break, we move to Ayder Plateau. We take a pleasant walk in Ayder Plateau, one of the most beautiful spots of the Kaçkar Mountains. We see Gelin Tüveni Waterfall and other waterfalls. After the Kalegon tour, we give you free time in this exquisite plateau. We go to Huser Plateau with our guests who wish (EXTRA). We dance on the clouds in Huser Plateau, which we will reach with a journey of about 1 hour by getting on our minibuses from Ayder. (Will be done according to Weather and Road Conditions.) While we are located at about 2400 m., many plateaus will be greeting you around you. We see the sea in a corner. While taking magnificent photos, you can swing on the swing in the plateau or ride a boat at 2400 m. We leave this unforgettable plateau with sadness. We meet at our vehicle at the time specified by our guide and depart for our hotel. 

Morning Breakfast: Will Be Taken at the Hotel and Is Included in the Tour Price.

Lunch: Will Be Taken as an Extra.

Dinner: Will Be Taken as an Extra.

Hotel: Hopa Hotels etc.

Route: Ardeşen - Ayder Plateau (30 km) Ayder Plateau - Çağlayan Valley (45 km) Çağlayan Valley - Hopa (35 km)

Total Distance to Be Covered: 105 Km

Hotel Check-in Time: 17.30 (Estimated Time)

BATUMI TOUR - BORÇKA – KARAGÖL

Our tour, after breakfast at our hotel, we depart for Batumi with our guests who wish (Extra) (A minimum of 10 participants is required). After completing our entry procedures at the Sarp Border Gate, we cross into the Georgia / Adjara region. We start our tour by seeing the magnificent walls remaining from the Gonio - Apsaros Fortress, dating back to the Roman period and last used during the Ottoman period, which also houses the tomb of St. Mathias, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. While continuing towards Batumi city center, we see the Chorokhi River on the way, which originates from Bayburt and carves sharp lines up to the borders of Batumi, and the old Corokhi Bridge over it. As we advance towards Batumi Old Town, where we can find traces of Baltic architecture, we see the Ardagani pond on the way where illuminated water shows take place, and Juli Shartava Boulevard, which lives up to the phrase "Las Vegas of the East" used for Batumi. Also at this point, after seeing the Palace of Justice, which is one of the different and striking structures designed in the shape of an inverted bottle, we reach the Old Town and start our Batumi city tour. In this pleasant walk we will take accompanied by our guide, our first visiting point will be Orta Mosque, the only mosque in Batumi. After listening to our guide's explanations here, we will see Piazza Square, designed inspired by Piazza San Marco located in the Republic of Venice, Italy. After seeing St. Nicholas, which is a Georgian Orthodox church, and the Armenian Orthodox churches, Europe Square will welcome us with its newly created face. After listening to the magnificent Medea Statue and its story from our guide, we go to Poseidon Square and photograph the Theatre Building. After taking our group photo, we move to the Small Botanical Garden next to the old boulevard. After seeing numerous tree and plant species specific to the Black Sea, we give you free time on Batumi Boulevard to take a stroll and shop. After the free time, we continue the Batumi city tour. During the city tour, we head to Miracle Park to see the statue of Ali and Nino. The places we will see inside Miracle Park will be; Ali and Nino Statue, Panoramic Ferris Wheel, Batumi Port, and Alphabet Tower. During all our walks, you can taste Batumi's street delicacies (Kvas, Pear Juice, Luca Polare Italian-style ice cream). After completing all our tours, we depart for Turkey. While entering Turkey, you will have the opportunity to shop at Duty Free. After entering Turkey, we proceed towards the borders of Artvin province, which has the most magnificent nature of the Black Sea. From here, we reach Borçka on the Georgian border, which houses different living spaces and has an untouched ecosystem that has preserved its natural beauty. When we arrive in Borçka, a district of Artvin, we transfer to our minibuses and reach Karagöl (Extra), which has a magnificent ecosystem. You will not get enough of the beautiful scenery while sipping your tea by the lake at Karagöl, a natural wonder located at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level and formed as a result of the blockage of Klaskur Stream by a landslide in the 19th century. After touring the region, we return to our bus and depart for Rize Airport. By having our check-in procedures done for the Rize - Istanbul flight belonging to Ajet Airlines departing at 22.00, we arrive in Istanbul. By boarding our service vehicles waiting for us in Istanbul, we say goodbye to you with sadness, leaving you at the points where we picked you up, to meet at another Prontotour organization. Goodbye…

NOTE: According to the agreement made between the States of Turkey and Georgia, Turkish citizens can cross into Batumi with an identity card containing the Turkish identity number. Crossings cannot be made with other identity cards (driver's license, institutional IDs, etc.). Guests under the age of 18 who will not travel with their family (Mother and Father Simultaneously) are required to obtain a NOTARY approved PERMISSION for their crossing to BATUMI. It is mandatory for identity cards to have a photograph, including babies and children.

CAUTION: DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE YOUR TC NUMBERED IDENTITY CARD WITH YOU WHEN GOING ON THE TRIP. THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE FEE IS PAID BY THE GUEST. OFFICIALLY AS OF 01.09.2019, CROSSINGS TO GEORGIA CANNOT BE PROVIDED WITH OLD IDENTITY CARDS.

Breakfast: Will be Taken at the Hotel and is Included in the Tour Price.

Lunch: Will be Taken as Extra in Hopa.

Dinner: Will be Taken as Extra.

Accommodation: Will be Taken as Extra.

Route: Hopa – Borçka (45 km) Borçka - Rize Airport (85 km)

Total Distance to be Covered: 130 Km

Amasya Lalehan Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 13663

Gümüşhane Zigana Gümüşkayak Facilities: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 13663

Gümüşhane Ramada Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 14864

Ordu Anemon Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 12871

Giresun Hüseyin Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 18329

Trabzon Büyük Sümela Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 7149

Trabzon Bayrak Grand Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 19695

Rize Newarise Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 20896

Rize Green Suada Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 13418

Hopa Terzioğlu Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 14013

Hopa Heyamo Hotel: Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Tourism Operation Certificate: 2022-8-0063

*** The list of our contracted hotels according to the regions is stated above. In busy periods, accommodation can also be made in hotels outside the list.

INFORMATION
* Delays may occur in crossing procedures due to seasonal densities at the Batumi border crossing. Your guide will make the necessary warnings on this subject.

* There is a minimum 3-day accommodation requirement to be able to bring goods (alcohol - cigarette, etc.) when entering Turkey from abroad.

* With the law introduced by Georgia; Georgian Police do not accept any medicine at country entries. They immediately start legal proceedings against the person holding medicine. You can take only one piece of medicine that you will use during the day on daily entries wrapped in paper.
* PRONTOTOUR is not responsible for problems that will occur due to deformation in identity cards at the Georgian border crossing. Georgia requests photographs in identity cards including babies and children. (It is mandatory to have a photograph)
* Foreign guests who have entered Turkey from abroad with a passport must have obtained multiple visa entry to Turkey in order to go to Georgia and return to Turkey. In addition, conditional on the visa protocol of the Georgian Government with the countries to which the passports or identity cards belong, Visa/Visa-free crossing will be provided. TRNC citizens, if they enter by using their TC identity cards when entering Turkey, will also be able to enter Georgia with their TC identity cards. TRNC citizens who entered Turkey with a European Union passport must also have obtained multiple visas to return to Turkey.

* Due to the density to be experienced at the border gate on the day of crossing to Batumi, early departure from the hotel in the morning may occur. Or similarly, very late entry to the hotel in the evening may occur. In this case, breakfast or dinner may not be taken at the hotel. In this case, Prontotour has no responsibility, and guests have no right to compensation. Breakfast hours at hotels are between 07.00 – 10.00.
* The plateau hotels to be stayed have a Bungalow and standard plateau hotel structure, and all accommodations are determined by the hotel. Hotels are not obliged to have local food.
* Since it is not always possible to find ATMs, exchange offices, etc., during the tour due to program density, it is useful for our guests to be prepared for this situation.
* Long roads can be covered during the day within the programs to be carried out. Information regarding the subject will be made to you by your guide.
* Economic menus specific to the region have been created for lunches.
* Tables separated for groups depending on regional density are used for lunches and dinners.

CLIMATE

It is a generally temperate climate type with precipitation in every season. Frontal and orographic precipitation is dominant. The presence of high mountains parallel to the coast in the region has created an environment for precipitation to increase. Although not among the precipitation amounts of the region, the most precipitation is seen in autumn and the least precipitation in spring. The region is also the most humid region of our country in terms of humidity. Therefore, annual and daily temperature differences are not much in the region. At the same time, winters are not very cold in the region, but pass with precipitation. Precipitations are mostly in the form of rain, snowfall, frost events can be seen as well as frequent fog. Summer months also pass moderately in the region. The average of the warmest month does not exceed 22°C-24°C. The average temperature of the coldest month is always above 0°C. Although cold air masses coming from the northwest affect the region from time to time, this effect disappears as one goes to the east of the region. The region shows variations in terms of temperature and precipitation according to its geographical features. Precipitation occurs with the rise of cool and humid air coming over the Black Sea along the North Anatolian Mountains. Due to the high altitude in the Eastern Black Sea Section, the most precipitation is seen in this section. The annual precipitation amount is 2000 mm on average (Rize 2300 mm). On the southern part of the North Anatolian Mountains, this value drops to 300 mm. The Middle Black Sea Section, on the other hand, is the section receiving the least precipitation in the region due to the decrease in altitude. Here, the annual precipitation amount is around 700 mm on average. In the Western Black Sea Section, parallel to the fact that the altitude is less compared to the Eastern Black Sea Section, precipitation in this section is less compared to the Eastern Black Sea Section. The annual precipitation amount is around 1200 mm on average. Throughout the region, the annual precipitation amount can exceed 2000 mm especially in the Eastern Black Sea Section, and can drop to 600 mm in the Middle Black Sea Section.

MIDIBUSES

ISUZU TURKUAZ: 31+1 Or 27 + 1 Seating, Reclining Bus Seats, Abs, Asr, Air Conditioning, 1 Monitor, 1 Refrigerator, Kitchen Unit with Water Heater, Reading Lamps, Sound System for Guide Announcement, Cd And Dvd Player.

NOVO LUX: 31+1 Or 27 + 1 Seating, Reclining Bus Seats, Abs, Asr, Air Conditioning, 1 Monitor, 1 Refrigerator, Kitchen Unit with Water Heater, Reading Lamps, Sound System for Guide Announcement, Cd And Dvd Player.

TEMSA PRESTIGE: 31+1 Or 27 + 1 Seating, Reclining Bus Seats, Abs, Asr, Air Conditioning, 1 Monitor, 1 Refrigerator, Kitchen Unit with Water Heater, Reading Lamps, Sound System for Guide Announcement, Cd And Dvd Player.

MINIBUSES

MERCEDES SPRINTER: 12+1 or 16 + 1 Seating, Specially Designed Reclining Bus Seats, Abs, Asr, Air Conditioning, 1 Refrigerator, Reading Lamps, Sound System for Guide Announcement, Cd And Dvd Player.

WOLKSWAGEN CRAFTER: 12+1 or 16 + 1 Seating, Specially Designed Reclining Bus Seats, Abs, Asr, Air Conditioning, 1 Refrigerator, Reading Lamps, Sound System for Guide Announcement, Cd And Dvd Player.

NOTE: Depending on the number of people on our tours, any of the vehicle types specified above is used.

OUR TOUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSUMER LAW NO 6502.