Places to visit in Rize

The nature and scenery in Zilkale is wonderful, it is an enormous castle that you cannot see from the outside but you can see everywhere from inside. The castle was built on a hill overlooking the Fırtına Creek and the valley, dominating the whole beautiful view. 

Haremtepe - Çeçeva village is also a very photogenic village. Çat valley is the same way. Countless actually Rize.

Go to İyidere Pileki facilities... Put your feet in the flowing stream and sip your miss-like rize tea while your feet are in the cool waters of Rize in that beautiful nature...Climb to the Pileki cave by following the 2 km walking path that runs along the stream.

I cannot say that the cave is worth seeing, but the view from that hill is wonderful. There are also zipline and picnic areas

In Rize and Artvin, we came across a structure called Serender. It is a wooden structure that the ancients used as a cold storage. There are round wheels on all 4 legs of the serender so that mice cannot get out of the corn etc. stored in the serender, because mice cannot turn upside down and cannot pass that wheel. When something was to be taken from the serender, the ladder would be leaned on, and when the work was done, they would pull the ladder out.

If you go to rize gito plateau, a mountain house vartevor mountain house is recommended, where the food and breakfast are great and the operators are perfectly sweet.

Lakes Region In the lakes region of Upper Kavron, take a break at the Black Sea Lake and reach the Çengovit lakes where you will see the Kaçkar summit with a short ascent. After a picnic, go down to the Kavron plateau.

The 57-kilometer-long Fırtına Creek flows into the sea around Ardeşen.

You can go to Hazindak Plateau, one of the many plateaus in Çamlıhemşin and the most famous one. Here you can see the chalets and the magnificent greenery.


We recommend you to visit “Sendagez” cafe. All facilities are available here.

You can visit Kale-i Bala. You can see the Zeleki Castle located in Çayeli district.

In Rize, which also has opportunities in terms of thermal tourism, you can visit places such as Ayder Hot Spring and İkizdere Drinking, Çayırlı Mineral Water and find healing. Be sure to go to Agaran Waterfall.

For accommodation suggestions, you can check our Rize Hotels page.