The Çeşme Peninsula, due west of İzmir, and its towns of Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ilıca, is a major regional holiday destination. The port for ferries to Chios, the Greek island, is in the town of Çeşme.Çeşme (CHESH-meh, “fountain” or “spring,” pop. 100,000) is a pleasant enough, popular sun-and-beach resort town, especially for visitors from İzmir, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.Çeşme’s main strolling and shopping street is lined with nice old Ottoman-style houses.
Urla is close to the metropolitan city of Izmir. This lovely fishing town is 10 minutes away from the Izmir city center. If you directly drive into Urla, you would say Urla has good nature and sea. But it has a lot more… Urla is a local secret and it is mostly free from the tourist crowds.Urla is a hidden gem and I will reveal its hidden locations one by one. The main thing that separates Urla from other Aegean towns is its people.
Named after ancient Phocaea, which was an ancient Ionıan seafarers town located between what is now Eski and Yeni Foça and founded around 1,000 B.C., Foça is rich in history and historical significance. The very name itself refers to the critically endangered Mediterranean Monk seals, one of the most rare mammals in existence, of which only a few hundred remain in the region. The area is therefore environmentally protected and much of the architecture and structure remain intact.
The large port city of Teos, located on the Aegean coast of Turkey, was once the center of the Artist Guild of Ionia. Its extensive ruins, including those of the renowned Temple of Dionysus, make a visit to the site worthwhile. It is located very near the town of Sigacik and is 18 kilometers from the town of Seferihisar.