Places of Interest
Rize is a province of great natural beauty, sites of particular interest include:
- Ayder - A yayla (high meadow) area with hot springs, hotels and restaurants, and from here you can climb up to higher and more remote meadows and villages.
- Çamlık - riverside area of forest park
- Fırtına Vadisi - the valley is now a protected site of natural beauty
- Ovit - mountain pass on the Erzurum road in Ikizdere, 2640 m, forest and mountain viewpoint
- The village and waterfall of Palovit, high in the mountains.
- Avup Dağı, the mountain between Rize and Çamlıhemşin, between Fırtına Deresı and Ortaköy Deresi. There are four Byzantine castles perched high on rocks on the mountainside including;
- Kale-i Balâ and Zilkale
Other buildings of note include:
- The watch tower, Kız Kalesi on the sea front in Pazar.
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