Cesme And Alacatı Tour
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Dep: 10:00 a.m. or 02:00 p.m. 3 hours/ total-km: 60 km. Greeted by our guide, our tours starts with the visit of the Alexander the great castle from 4th century BC on the Pagos-Hill overlooking the whole city and ancient Agora (the best preserved Roman Market). Our next stop is the Archaeological Museum with art crafts from old Symrna and Ephesus. Proceed to a Clock Tower 98 years old, that is the Symbol of Izmir. Drive to Karsiyaka which is the residential area of the city. Cross back the bay by the boat and visit Kemeralti, the old Bazaar with 2000 shops. Our service ends in your hotel
Çesme, pearl of the Aegean; the most valuable town of İzmir, is situated at the very western end of Urla Peninsula and surrounded by the Aegean Sea in three sides. It is located 85 km west of İzmir, the largest metropolitan center in Turkey’s Aegean region, the road connection between the two cities being assured by a recently-built six-lane highway.
Çesme perked up considerably in recent decades to become one of Turkey’s most prominent centers of international tourism. Many hotels, marinas, clubs, restaurants, boutique hotels, family accommodation possibilities(pansiyon) and other facilities for visiters are found in Cesme center and in its surrounding towns and villages and the countryside, as well as very popular beaches.
Another brandname of the district which rings a bell in the Turkish mind once the name Cesme is pronounced ismastic. Preparations such as Jam, ice-cream and desserts, and even sauces for fish preparations, based on the distinctively flavored resin of the tree pistachia lentiscus from which it is harvested, are among nationally known culinary specialties of Cesme.
The town of Cesme lies across a strait facing the Greek island of Chios, which is at a few miles distance and there are regular ferry connections between the two centers, as well as larger ferries from and to Italy used extensively by Turks of Germany returning for their summer holidays.
