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Sunday, 12 February 2006
CULTURAL TOUR TO EASTERN BLACK SEA, JUNE 24 - JULY 1, 2006 ANATOLIAN ARTISANS
CULTURAL TOUR TO EASTERN BLACK SEA
 
(7 Nights / 8 Days)
 
As part of its mission to raise awareness about
the arts and culture 
of Turkey, Anatolian Artisans is happy to
announce its first 
cultural tour to Turkey, in June 2006. We hope
you will join us for 
a unique experience as we explore the
breathtaking nature and 
diverse culture of the Eastern Black Sea region.
 
We are partnering with Fest Travel agency for
this tailor made tour. 
Its founder Faruk Pekin, who is considered the
father of cultural 
tourism in Turkey, will be escorting the group. 
A representative of 
Anatolian Artisans will also travel with the
group.
 
Participants will encounter a fascinating mix of
tradition, history, 
architecture and natural beauty. The Hittites,
Miletians, Phrygians 
and, according to Homer, women warriors the
Amazons all colonized 
parts of the coast. Alexander the Great in his
world conquest also 
brought the region under his sovereignty.
Eventually, it was 
incorporated into the Roman and Byzantine
Empires. The 15th century 
saw the greater part of the area come under the
Ottoman rule of 
Sultan Mehmet II. 
 
We start at Trabzon's history filled cobblestone
streets. The city 
is said to be founded in the 7th century BC by
Miletan colonists. 
Alexis Comnenes founded the Comnenos Empire,
lasting until 1461 when 
the Ottomans took over the area. The city is now
an important port 
of trade, continuing the role it has held
throughout the history. 
Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent was born here
and Yavuz Sultan 
Selim, another Ottoman sultan, was the regional
governor of Trabzon 
when he was a prince. 
 
We visit the monastery of Sumela, which perches
precariously on the 
face of a vertical cliff. On top a mountain
plateau are groups of 
wooden summer houses.  Isolated villages on the
shores of a mountain 
lake and beautiful frescoes in old abandoned
Greek churches, and 
endless mountains, meadows and forests of
evergreen trees in 
Çamlihemþin and  Uzungöl, the lost and forgotten
medieval Georgian 
churches of Artvin and Twin Minaret Medrese, the
Grand Mosque, and 
colorful markets of Erzurum. 
 
These are only a few examples of what can be
found and experienced 
in Turkey's Black Sea region, a territory full
of lush green rain 
forests, snow-topped mountains, and almost a
thousand miles of rough 
coastline. 
 
Please plan to join us for this spectacular
trip!
 
ITINERARY
23 June Friday, 2006:  Istanbul (Location to be
announced)
6:00 pm Welcome & tour briefing by Anatolian
Artisans with drinks 
and Turkish mezes.
24 June Saturday, 2006: İstanbul - Trabzon 
 
Meet at 06.00 am in the domestic terminal of the
Istanbul airport. 
Fly with TK 546 at 07.00am to Trabzon. Arrival
in Trabzon at 08.45 
am.  From the airport  begin touring the city:
Church of St. Anna 
(Küçük Ayvasil), Tashan, Çarþı Mosque, Fatih
Mosque (Church of 
Panagia Chrysocephalos), The Hagia Sophia
Museum, a 13th century 
church full of splendid frescoes,   Atatürk's
Mansion, bazaars and 
bridges. Transfer to Maçka. Dinner and overnight
in Büyük Sumela 
Hotel. (L, D)
 
25 June Sunday, 2006: Trabzon 
 
After breakfast visiting the Gümüþhane Karaca
Caves, Zigana  Pass 
(2025 m) and Akçaabat  Orta Mahalle houses.
Return to Maçka. Dinner 
and overnight in Büyük Sumela Hotel. (B, L, D)
 
26 June Monday, 2006: Trabzon - Rize - İkizdere
 
A full Day  visit to two monasteries around the
town of Maçka in a 
fantastic landscape of deep forest remote
valleys: the great Sumela 
Monastery of Virgin Mary, and the Monastery of
St. John at Vazelon. 
Dinner and overnight in İkizdere Valley. (B, L,
D)
 
27 June Tuesday, 2006: İkizdere - Uzungöl
 
Visiting: İkizdere Valley, outstanding example
of wood carving, the 
Simsirli Mosque of the 19th century, entirely
built out of chestnut. 
On the drive inland to alpine idyll of Uzungöl
Natural Park. Dinner 
and overnight in Uzungöl. (B, L, D)
28 June Wednesday, 2006:  Uzungöl - Rize -
Artvin
 
Fırtına Deresi, Çamlıhemþin and Ayder visits.
Drive through Arhavi 
and the Cankurtaran Pass in a Swiss type scenery
to Artvin, a little-
known world of medieval churches and majestic
landscapes. Dinner and 
overnight in Artvin. (B, L, D)
 
29 June Thursday, 2006: Artvin
 
Visiting the Cehennem Canyon, Ardanuç, the old
capital of Georgian 
kingdom of Tao, Þavþat and Yavuzköy. Dinner and
overnight in Artvin. 
(B, L, D)
 
30 June Friday, 2006: Artvin - Erzurum
 
Descend to the magnificent Çoruh Valley, on the
way visiting the 
Georgian church of Ishan, built in the first
half of the 7th century 
and expanded in the 11th century, the visit the
two greatest 
churches of Georgian Athos: Öþk Vank and Haho.
Dinner and overnight 
in Erzurum. (B, L, D)
 
1 July Saturday, 2006: Erzurum - İstanbul
 
Visiting Grand Mosque, Yakutiye and Çifte
Minareli medreses, 
mausoleums, and transfer to the airport for TK
669 at 15.25 to 
İstanbul. Arrival in İstanbul at 17.25. (B, L)
 
Abbreviations: (B) == Breakfast / (L) == Lunch /
(D) == Dinner
 
Cost of the trip 
Per Person in DBL Room $1600 USD
Single Supplement $225 USD
 
Space is limited.  Reserve your place on the
Anatolian Artisans 
Cultural Tour to the Eastern Black Sea Region as
early as possible,  
(please respond no later than March 1, 2006)
Final payment to 
Anatolian Artisans is due by April 15, 2006.
 
If you have any questions about the trip, please
contact Yildiz 
Yaðcı at e-mail Kjo adrese e-maili mbrohet nga spam, aktivizoni java script per ta pare   or
Sandy Pfunder at 
(202) 955-8227 or e-mail Kjo adrese e-maili mbrohet nga spam, aktivizoni java script per ta pare  
 
Anatolian Artisans is a non-profit tax exempt
503(c)(3) organization 
dedicated to providing sustainable economic
benefits to low-income 
artisans through product development, marketing
and training, and to 
raising awareness about the arts and culture of
Turkey.  For more 
information about Anatolian Artisans, see our
website at 
www.anatolianartisans.org                   

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