On the east coastline of the Black Sea, Rize was constructed on a mountainside covered with tea shrubs where you can hike up to the forests from the fields and lie in the lush grass of mesmerising plateaus near the mountaintops. Itā€™s a city whose glacier lakes, waterfalls and hot springs will refresh the body and the mind.

Take time to visit the magnificent Genoese Castle and the 16th-century Ä°slampaşa Kurşunlu Mosque, displaying the Turkish leader’s personal belongings and ethnographical artefacts from the region.

Mataracı Mehmet Efendi Mansion renamed the AtatuĢˆrk Museum, will draw your attention. Local architectural masterpieces also depict a matchless art of wood and cut stonework.

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