Sunnova Travel Agency

My family and I recently went on a private Black Sea Adventure Tour with Sunnova Travel, and we had a fantastic trip. Right from the beginning, the instructions for our airport meetup were clear, and the communication during the planning and tour phases was consistent, which we appreciated.

We started in Trabzon at a hilltop restaurant with a splendid view of the city. We enjoyed Turkish tea and chatted with our tour hosts, Veysel and Muhammet. Visiting the Sumela Monastery was impressive, perched on the side of a mountain, and our guide Veysel did a fabulous job explaining its historical significance. The drive in the Highlands was picturesque, with stunning mountain views, tree-lined landscapes, and charming villages along the way. The waterfalls we encountered during our hikes were beautiful, and the hike itself was rewarding.

Our stay at the Pokut Orion Boutique Hotel was very comfortable, and the hosts were so friendly and accommodating. Despite a rainy afternoon, we had a pleasant time playing backgammon with Muhammet. Ayes, the owner, prepared a delicious homemade Turkish dinner and a generous breakfast. Muhammet’s guitar playing and the hosts’ bagpipe performance added a lovely local touch.

Throughout the trip, the restaurant recommendations consistently delivered authentic Turkish farm-to-table food, and we also developed a taste for Turkish tea.

It was a special experience to visit Muhammet’s parents’ house and tea garden. There, we not only enjoyed tea but had the privilege of attempting to harvest tea leaves from the garden, some of us with more success than others. Our tour with Sunnova Travel exceeded all our expectations.

We wholeheartedly recommend Sunnova Travel to anyone seeking a fabulous and immersive tour experience. Thank you for creating such lasting memories for our family!

Alican and the folks from SUNNOVA were great. We spent three days with them, two in Istanbul and one in Ephesus. Alican was great to work with. We had a couple of last-minute changes in plans and he was flexible and fair in accommodating our last minute needs. Semih in Istanbul and Meral in Ephesus were great guides. Both were well informed and personable. We will be happy to use them again on our next visit to Turkey!

Thank You to the Sunnova Team for the wonderful experience and service they provided during our family trip to the Black Sea. Special shout out to Veysel Bey, Mustafa Bey and Muhammad Bey for their hospitality and service. InsyaAllah we'll be back again and I hope to go camping/BBQ and stay in Elevit Highlands as we talked about Veysel Bey and Mustafa Bey 🙏

A Review of Sunnova Travel Agencies Black Sea Tour:
The Black Sea Region of Turkey is simply stunning! This tour gives you the opportunity to see and experience the hidden gems of this area that you wouldn't be able to find on your own. I was able to take this tour as a private tour and Alican was extremely helpful in putting together a tour that suited me and all of the places I wanted to see. Even once I was on the tour, they were extremely flexible and were very happy to change the schedule to suit me. One of the absolute highlights of my trip wasn't even on the original itinerary - I was welcomed into Alican and Oguzhan's (my driver) family home for a village experience that I will never forget. This family has a heart and soul of pure GOLD! I was humbled by their kindness and generosity. My guide Veysel also took me to his village to see his family and he picked hazelnuts and fruit from his own garden for me! His generosity and care throughout this tour was heartwarming. I am very grateful to have been able to tour the Black Sea Region with this company and to learn all about the Turkish culture! Please make sure you have the Pokut visit included in your Black Sea Itinerary! This is an absolute MUST SEE! Not only are you going to experience the most amazing landscape (you literally feel like you are on top of the world), you are also going to stay at the cutest hotel with the most welcoming and friendly owners who will bend over backwards to make sure your stay is memorable!
Please book this tour - fantastic hand picked destinations and the most amazing people you will ever meet!

Travelling to Turkey has become somewhat of an obsession for me. When last October a sudden change in a much bigger travel itinerary throughout the Middle East left me and a friend with about a week to fill, we booked very last minute this Private Black Sea Tour with Northa Travel and our outstanding tour guide Alican. It truly was one of my most memorable travel experiences. Not only did we experience this very scenic region of Turkey with its green mountains, deep valleys, tall waterfalls, emerald lakes surrounded by colorful forests, historic castles and peaceful highlands. Our guide Alican, who was knowledgeable and well-spoken, flexible to our needs and very kind, offered us an authentic insight into the history, culture and people of the area.
I will never forget our stay in Pokut, the summer pastures high in the mountains, where we spent the evening with lovely locals eating delicious foods, listening to the bagpipes, singing and dancing. The following evening, Alican invited us to meet his family at his parents’ home. What was to be a quick visit turned into delicious meal of local dishes like hamsi (fried anchovies) and muhlama (Turkish cheese fondue) with meeting many of the neighbors who stopped by later just to say ‘hello’.
Turks are generally known to be very hospitable and in a private tour, a guide can tailor the activities and experiences to the interests and needs of his clients but in this tour Alican took hospitality to another level. Thank you again Alican for a wonderful experience!!

We surly had wonderful and a memorable vacation. We had opted 12N-13D private tailor made trip.
The team was very responsive and never disappointed us at any point of the vacation. We were really relaxed and never felt tiring in the entire trip. The team took immediate actions in any of our plan changes and really appreciate it.
I will sure recommend Sunnova to all our friends and relatives.

Private Tour in Black Sea Area with Alican
Alican, our tour guide, was a gift. He is helpful, kind, attentive, well-organized, and is genuinely interested in making your time there the best it can be. He clearly know, loves, and understands his country, and he wants to share it with you …its people, its architecture and art, culture, delicious food, incredible history, and geography … the cool caves, lush green hillside, walking around the beautiful lake, driving up that mountain to the summer camp to spend time with lovely people … everything he arranges is with purpose. He knows your time there is short, and he wants it to be time well-spent. We even met his family at their home where we were well-fed with delicious food, spent a lovely evening being warmed by their hospitality, and left with a bag of fresh fruit.
Alican is knowledgeable, well-spoken, and excellent at passing along information … he’s like your favourite teacher in school. He will have a plan of what he wants you to see but will also accommodate your interests and needs. It was not only an excellent trip, it was a great time. You should go. With Alican.

A big thank you to you and your team everything as promised by you was executed and delivered tailor made for my family trip of October 2023 .

Trip to turkey was wonderful and we all go back with priceless memories to cherish surely to come back again.

All Transfers were on time with your courteous chauffeurs and wonderful knowledgeable Guides who took care of us .

“We go back with beautiful memories “

Thoroughly without doubt can’t plan a trip to turkey and Switzerland without Team Sunnova Bravo keep up the good work .

Jazakallah khair and Alhumdulilah for everything.

Teşekkürler

I just returned from Sunnova Travel’s Trans Kaçkar tour. I spent 5 days in the mountains with the Mount Kaçkar (3937m) summit trek as highlight. Everything was arranged very well: the communication beforehand, the transportation and accommodation, as well as the guiding during the trek. The landscape is beautiful and the people are friendly. The hiking was challenging at times, but very rewarding.

I hope to come back and explore more of the region in the future. I will definitely contact Sunnova Travel when I do come back. I would like to hereby thank our guide Muhammet, as well as Alican and the other people that assisted in this trek, for their professionalism and service.

Sunnova Travel is a professional and good agency. I was scanning for black sea tour when I came across Sunnova (it has great reviews). I began my inquiry through their whatsapp and Alican has been amazing in every question and changes I had. It was very easy to talk to him. During the tour, I learned from our tour guide that Alican polished all the documents so we don't encounter any problem.

We had a treat of our life when we get to stay in a local villa (in the mountains) where breakfast was served by our hosts (Beyza and Beytul). We had the best muhlama and tasty breakfast (mainly from their garden). Their dad Mustafa treat us with good turkish coffee. My son had a good time picking pears with him.

The transportation is comfortable and our Kaptan Erdal is truly amazing and professional especially on curvy mountain roads. He is always with a smile despite long drives and even taught us the traditional dance. My kids cannot get over the Laz pastry dessert he made us try.

We had a great guide Volkan. We learned great history on the region (turkey overall) and intense customary/cultural insight. He endured and answer willingly even my kids silliest queries. We felt like family during the 3 days. He was very flexible and professional. When we asked to not be in super touristy places he arranged that we don't missed out on the best places but balanced it where he knows we will enjoy (experience and good food).

Thank you Sunnova and team for a memorable family trip!

I arranged my trip to turkey (Black Sea package) with Sunnova travels and it was a life time experience. Mr.Alican prepared the whole package as per our needs and comfort. Once in turkey the assigned guide and driver treated us like family and made sure we enjoyed every bit of our vacation without any worries. They all went out of the way to make us feel at home. I have no regrets or complains about anything from this agency as I received services more than expectations. I highly recommend Sunnova Travels

We booked with Sunnova Travels for a private Black Sea Tour for 7 days. First of all we would like to thank Mr. Alican for his extraordinary support to arrange and organise our tour package. He provided an experienced guide and driver for us.
Mr. Veysel, our tour guide he is an amazing personality and he spent each and every moment with us and supported. Sunnova Travels and their staffs are highly professional and supportive, so we highly recommended for others.
Thanks
Suraj & Family

Alican, from Sunnova Travel, was very accomodating and friendly in his service. On the first day in Turkey, it snowed unexpectedly, he kindly lent his jacket for us to use, this was highly appreciated. Alican went out of his way to ensure that the hotel check-in and check-out process was smooth and without any issues. Alican and Selcuk, are always earlier to arrive at the stated time. They recommended food places where locals go and are not tourist traps. Sunnova needs to be more sensitive to the selection of hotels as some hotels are not in a good location for night time sleep. Overall, our trip was well-planned and we were invited to Selcuk's home for a Turkish home-cooked lunch with their family and friends, this is a very kind and appreciated gesture. Alican and Selcuk put the welfare of guests as their top priority and we would be happy to travel with them in the future.

In April, my daughter and I took a 4 day/3night private tour out of Trabzon with Zeynep as our guide and Emir as our driver. It was a WONDERFUL way to visit the Black Sea region. Emir was a skilled and patient driver driving through mountainous areas where we would not be comfortable driving ourselves. We visited the Sumela Monastery, Aya Sophia (Trabzon), Atatürk Mansion, Uzungöl and Ayder. We stayed at a different place each night which allowed us to see more in each area. We were treated to a visit to a tea garden where we took part in harvesting tea leaves and were welcomed into the home of Alican's brother. We felt like we were traveling with and visiting family. Zeynep was the perfect guide and we left Trabzon with treasured memories and friendship.

Our 8 days tour to Turkey became life long memorable and all credit goes to my friend cum brother Mr. Alican. He is very helpful, kind hearted, knowledgeable and lovely person. I feel lucky to meet him and had tour with him. Sunnova service is excellent and all arrangements were perfect. Thanks and see you in future😊

I booked with Sunnova for a private customized 12-day journey through Turkey highlights and I was impressed by their excellent assistance and warm treatment to me. I've been to many tours in the past but I couldn't ask for a better guide -- Alican and Suzan, you're the best! Can't wait to go for the Black Sea tour, hopefully sooner than later :)

I would never go to Turkey without Alican and the Sunnova Team! They made our three weeks in paradise very memorable. While there were 4 of us, only one had ever been to Turkey. We were met in Istanbul and from there experienced Cappadocia, Ankara, Black Sea area, Aegean Sea area and the Mediterranean Sea areas. We are from California and appreciate beautiful country: Alican and his team also introduced us to the kind people, ancient history and delicious foods of a country imbedded with authentic values incorporated with modern reality. This was not an ordinary tour. If you want ordinary go somewhere else but if you want an intriguing and memorable adventure go with Sunnova, the most creative, professional and honest Agency we’ve dealt with!

Top notch personal tour that I ever experienced in my life. Thank you to our tour guide, Mr Ali Can. The Black Sea region offers from greenery view to historical and architectural heritage. Mr Ali Can, indeed is very knowledgeable about history, nice, well organised & prepared & courteous. My friend and I experienced all elements during our stay for this trip, from mountain view in Uzungol, tea plantation in Rize overlooking stunning view and next to river in Rize. We enjoyed all good food and delicacies. Since we’re female traveller, we felt safe and welcomed to this Black Sea Region (Uzungol-Rize-Trabzon). Thank you for allowing us to experience Black Sea Tour and even introduced us to local and your family. Worth every single penny spent and will recommend this personalised tour to everyone. Teşekkür Ederim!

i have never done a tour before anywhere and this was my first time actually touring, given that i have already visited turkey many times alone before and i just never knew there was all these secret unknown fantastic places to visit. i have seen their tour schedule online and when i contacted the guy (alican bey) , he was very friendly and helpful. every thing was above my expectations really. every time we did something spectacular i said this was it, it cant get any better from here, but then we go and do or see something more amazing. it was amazing thats all i could say, you can check some of the photos i took on the tour, i can say we did more than i imagined could fit in the time we had and the cost was really fair. dont hesitate to book with these guys!!

Thank you for all your effort and helpful, really this is a very professional tourism agency, helpful team, thank you for all thinks see you for an other experience