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.
Traditional markets
Where locals shop and travellers find treasures.
Market
Pazar Salı Pazarı
Where: Pazar district (45 km east)
Market
Rize Kapalı Çarşı
Where: City center