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District and municipality in Trabzon, Turkey
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Akçaabat is a city in the Eastern Karadeniz region on Turkey's Black Sea coast, to the west of the city of Trabzon. Akçaabat is known for its local soccer team Akçaabat Sebatspor, its kofta dish Akçaabat köfte, and the Akçaabat Horonu dance. Akçaabat has hosted an international folklore festival since 1990. In 2022 the population was 129,000.
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Town museum in the former St Michael church.
Built circa 1300 and abandoned in the 19th century, it's now a sorry stump only worth seeing if you happen to be passing.
A large set of caves with waterfalls.
Clean friendly place.
Functional value-for-money hotel.
Mostly good reviews for this central place.
Decent mid-range chain hotel.
Trabzon Airport (TZX) is 10 km east of that city. It has hourly flights from Istanbul (IST and SAW) and at least daily from Ankara, Izmir, Adana and Ercan. Take the bus downtown for transport out to Akçaabat.
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