Why visit Hopa
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 park or trail, 13 places to eat and 5 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Kissa.
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About Hopa
Hopa (Laz and Georgian: ხოფა, romanized: khopa) is a town in Artvin Province in northeast Turkey. It is located on the eastern Black Sea coast about 67 km (42 mi) from the city of Artvin and 18 kilometres from the Georgia–Turkey border. It is the seat of Hopa District. Its population is 23,846 (2021).
From the Wikipedia article Hopa (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Kissa
Monument and historic site · 0.6 km
Ancient city of Pontus in modern-day Turkey
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes13
1 more on the map.
Where to stay5
History
The area was part of the kingdom of Colchis but was always vulnerable to invasions, first the Scythians from across the Caucasus, then the Muslim armies led by Habib, son of Caliph Uthman who controlled the area from 853 AD to 1023 when it was conquered by the Byzantines from the Sac Emirate allied to the Abbasids. The Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan conquered the area in 1064. With the collapse of the Seljuks, the Artvin area came under the control of the Ildeniz, one of the Anatolian Turkish beyliks
Ottoman Sultan Selim I brought it into the Ottoman Empire during his campaign against the Crimea that took place in 1490–1512. Lala Mustafa Pasha made it part of the Childir Eyalet formed in 1578. The area was captured by Russia following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) and many people of Hopa moved westwards away from the Russian-controlled zone. Hopa was returned as part of the Treaty of Brest Litovsk in 1918 and formally joined Turkey on 14 March 1921. The Sarp border gate was opened on 31 August 1988 with the "International Road Transport Agreement" between Soviet Union and Turkey and gave a big boost to Hopa in trade and tourism.
From the History section of Hopa on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship2
Shopping11
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Healthcare7
Map of Hopa
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Getting there and nearby towns
Rize-Artvin Airport (RZV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 53 km away.
- Arhavi 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
- Gürgencik 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Kemalpaşa 14 km northeast, about 14 min by car
- Koprucu 15 km northeast, about 15 min by car
- Düzköy 16 km east, about 16 min by car
- Demirciler 17 km east, about 17 min by car
- Murgul 17 km southeast, about 17 min by car
- Borçka 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Ardeşen 43 km southwest, about 43 min by car
- Rize 86 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Centre of Hopa, province of Artvin, Turkey, Babbsack, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hopa 30 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 37 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 39 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 22 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 8 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 2 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 40 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 44 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 20 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 13 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 29 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 6 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 31 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 5 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 43 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 28 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 36 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 41 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 32 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 7 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 34 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 12 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 14 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 24 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 3 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 10 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 18 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 45 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 35 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 27 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 15 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 33 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 42 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 19 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 26 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 17 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 38 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 21 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hopa 23 2011, Özgür Esen ( Surdurulebiliryasam ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bangleti Kilisesi, Kirsula, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
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