İzmir / Foça
Historic quarters and villages
Kozbeyli Village
Kozbeyli's hillside streets offer a rural counterpoint to Foça's shore.
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The story of a street, the quiet of a coast, the memory of a city. Your next discovery is in Türkiye.
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İzmir / Dikili
Castles and city walls
Çandarlı Castle
Çandarlı Castle stands out through its towers and compact geometry within the seaside settlement.
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İzmir / Aliağa
Beaches
Ağapark Beach
Ağapark combines a beach with a managed recreation setting in Aliağa.
İzmir / Menemen
Historic buildings and monuments
Menemen Taşhan
Menemen's Taşhan reveals an older pattern of trade and accommodation through rooms and arcades around a courtyard.
İzmir / Selçuk
Museums
Ephesus Archaeological Museum
The Ephesus Museum in central Selçuk helps populate the buildings seen at the archaeological site.
Photo: Klaus-Peter Simon · EfesMuseumEingang.jpg · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and converted to WebP.
İzmir / Selçuk
Castles and city walls
Ayasuluk Castle and Basilica of Saint John
On Ayasuluk Hill, the basilica remains and castle bring several periods of Selçuk into one landscape.
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Ready-to-follow itineraries
On foot · 3 stops
A day in Istanbul’s historic centre
Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern and Sultan Ahmed Mosque: a three-stop walking plan from palace courtyards to underground columns.
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On foot · 2 stops
From Hadrian’s Gate into Kaleiçi
Take your time in Antalya’s historic centre: start at the monumental gate and shape your own walk through the streets of Kaleiçi.
Photo: Joe Wallace · Source · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized and converted to WebP.
By car · 2 stops
Perge and Aspendos in one day
A two-stop driving plan for exploring the urban layout of Perge and the theatre of Aspendos in the same day.
Photo: Saffron Blaze · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and converted to WebP.
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