{"id":600917,"date":"2025-11-29T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/600917\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:23:14","slug":"the-beautiful-seaside-resort-with-hardly-any-tourists-named-best-place-europe-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/600917\/","title":{"rendered":"The beautiful seaside resort with hardly any tourists named best place | Europe | Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the best places to go on holiday are the less known neighbours<\/a> of the classic destination. The Aegean in Greece draws millions of tourists per year, but the quieter Black Sea coast in Turkey is not to be overlooked. In fact, it\u2019s one of the few places on the planet where you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The National Geographic has named this northeast coast as one of the best places to visit next year, and predicted that it won\u2019t fly under the radar for much longer. Turkey is the world\u2019s fourth-most popular tourist destination, but the majority are drawn to Istanbul<\/a> or the Aegean or Mediterranean beaches in the south.<\/p>\n

But with Turkey rapidly improving tourism infrastructure<\/a>, now it\u2019s becoming easier to head to other regions. And without disappointment: the northeast is specked with monasteries, trekking routes on emerald-green hillsides, hot spring resorts, waterfalls, snow sports and forest-filled valleys. Seafood is a staple, from fish soup to shrimp casserole.<\/p>\n

The region is steeped in history and breathtakingly preserved buildings<\/a>. The Black Sea coast was part of the Silk Road trade route, which took shape during China\u2019s Han Dynasty in 200 BC and existed until the 1400s. The fourth century S\u00fcmela Monastery, founded by two Orthodox monks searching for a holy relic, clings to the face of an enormous cliff in Altindere Valley National Park. Its early Christian frescoes are still being discovered and restored in its 72 rooms.<\/p>\n

In a way, it could also be a place to go back to your roots. If you have blue eyes, then your family tree can be traced to a single common ancestor<\/a> who lived approximately 10,000 years ago in the Black Sea region.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re wondering why Turkey has snow<\/a>, it\u2019s due to the lake-effect snow, occurring when cold, dry air masses from the north pass over the warmer waters of the Black Sea, picking up moisture. Tourists can head up the Pontic Mountains between mid-December and early March to the \u00c7amba\u015f\u0131 Ski Resort or the Akda\u011f Ski Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes the best places to go on holiday are the less known neighbours of the classic destination. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[1425,20169,10242,188488,2000,299,5187,38334,188490,188489,60021,98592],"class_list":{"0":"post-600917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-beach","9":"tag-beach-holidays-section","10":"tag-black-sea","11":"tag-black-sea-coast","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-national-geographic","16":"tag-national-geographic-2026","17":"tag-su00fcmela-monastery","18":"tag-turkey-holidays","19":"tag-turkey-tourism"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115632026661879813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}