A large city on the Black Sea, there are public beaches with changing rooms and showers. The wide coastline is not built up with cafes and attractions. Few locals know English, and if they do, then you will not understand each other) Turks came across sympathetic, and even called a taxi, which arrived at the counter and left the center to the seaport for about 190 liras. Lunch for 4 people came out 1700 lire
A large industrial city . The old town just doesn't exist . Attractions include the Samsun Museum, the Ataturk ship, the Amazon Village, and the shopping center.
I visited the city on a cruise on the Astoria Grande. Going out to the city in the morning, leaving in the evening. I was alone, I didn't take excursions, I put markers on the map and walked around the city myself, not to tourist places, to see exactly the life of the local population. It resembles my Vladivostok in relief, the first thing I did was climb the observation decks to see the city in the palm of my hand.