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Zilkale

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About

Shell of a Byzantine castle, perched on a cliff above the Fırtına Valley. Nothing within, you come for the views. From Ayder you have to descend the valley to meet the road from the coast at Çamlıhemşin, so it's 21 km.

Zilkale is a medieval castle located in the Fırtına Valley within the Pontic Mountains, and is one of the most important historical structures in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize Province, within the Black Sea Region of Turkey.
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Map of Zilkale

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Ayder" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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