Rize is a verdant Black Sea city in northeastern Turkey, celebrated as the heartland of Turkish tea production. Terraced tea gardens cascade down steep hillsides to the sea, while the Kaçkar Mountains rise dramatically inland, offering world-class trekking, rafting in the Fırtına Valley, and highland plateaus dotted with traditional Hemşin architecture.
Historical sites
Places where Rize's past comes alive.
Byzantine/Medieval
Rize Castle
Medieval (13th century)
Zilkale
Ottoman (18th century)
Senyuva Stone Bridge
Ottoman/traditional