{"id":1075,"date":"2026-03-23T19:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/?post_type=ekdromes&#038;p=1075"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:26:09","slug":"pontos","status":"publish","type":"ekdromes","link":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/ekdromes\/pontos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pontus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Trabzon \u2013 Samsun \u2013 Kerazounta \u2013 Kotyora \u2013 Amaseia \u2013 Prusa \u2013 Instabul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIn the Footsteps of Forgotten Homelands: A Journey of Remembrance and Honor in Pontus and Asia Minor\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThe land where history became memory and memory became a promise\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Tip for Trabzon :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Try <strong>Ak\u00e7aabat K\u00f6ftesi<\/strong> (local meatballs) and <strong>Kuymak (or Muhlama)<\/strong>. Kuymak is a traditional Pontic recipe made with melted cheese, butter, and cornmeal<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Trabzon is famous for the art of <strong>Telkari <\/strong>These are handmade jewelry pieces crafted from very fine silver or gold wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">In many of the central restaurants and caf\u00e9s around <strong>Meydan Square,<\/strong> you\u2019ll often find street musicians playing the <strong>Pontic lyre (Kemen\u00e7e<\/strong>). Don\u2019t be surprised if you see people dancing dances that resemble our own\u2014the musical tradition in Trabzon remains very much alive.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1085,"template":"","topothesies":[48,47],"class_list":["post-1075","ekdromes","type-ekdromes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topothesies-tourkia","topothesies-trapezounta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ekdromes\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ekdromes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ekdromes"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topothesies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariahellenictours.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topothesies?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}