Samsun is a modern industrial city of the Black Sea region that has served as a major port for centuries. Products from all over the region are exported from this city, which annually hosts the Samsun Trade and Industrial Fair. It constitutes a good base to visit the nearby towns of the Black Sea region.

SITES OF INTEREST: Çakırlar Grove, Çamgöl and Vezirköprü forest recreation areas, Havza and Lâdik Hot springs, Kale, Pazar (Samsun), Hacı Hatun, Yalı, Tayyar Pasha, Mustafa Pasha, Rıdvan Bey, Abdullah Pasha, Değirmenbaşı, Taceddin Pasha, Pazar (Terme), Taşkale mosques, Grand Mosque (Samsun), Şeyh Seyyid Kudbeddin and İsa Baba mosques and masoleums, Grand Mosque (Bafra), Fazıl Ahmed Pasha old theological school (medrese), Fazıl Ahmed Pasha Bazaar and Guild Shops (Arasta), Havza Alm House, Kızgözü Aslanağzı hot spring, Küçükhamam (curing hot spring), Taşkale and Şifa baths, Çiftehamam, Atatürk and First Step Monuments, Samsun Archeology and Ethnography, Samsun 19 May and Samsun Atatürk Museums.