Ayvalik, Turkey Travel Blogs

just who were the Ottomans?
Dec 9, 2007 (66 photos)

... Muslim)... but this actually feels different than anywhere else I've been.  Today is market day so we get to the town of Ayvalik at peak excitement.  This town is right on the water in Western Turkey.  It's got maybe about 30,000 people and ...

Happy Birthday to Rumi...
Dec 10, 2007 (24 photos)

... of the area before moving on...hard to leave....   Right now its about 800 PM...today is a rainy day in the paradise of Ayvalik so we get on a bus to Konya....that's about an 11 hour trip...but we get the best seats for both legs....right in front, ...

Ayvalık Independence Day
Sep 15, 2009 (8 photos)

Got up and got a dolmus to the centre and had a walk around had to vısıt the pharmacy as not really well but after takıng some pılls felt a bıt more comfortable and had a wander round.  Today ıs a holıday ın ...

It's all Greek to Me
Aug 26, 2009 (4 photos)

After another multi-vehicle trip involving a minibus, ferry, minibus, ferry, bus and finally another minibus we arrived in Ayvalik - a lovely harbour town backed by old Greek stone houses built into the steep hills. This time the climb to find a room was ...

Incidents: Bursa to Ayvalik
Aug 12, 2008 (8 photos)

... a couple of more hours later, I again overcame my ambivalent undecidedness and elected to--what the h--go on to the coastal town of Ayvalik after all, even though I didn't think I'd get to a place to have a swim. In Ayvalik the otogar is only 1.5 km from ...

I am not kıddıng
Sep 14, 2009 (3 photos)

We left at about 10 ıts been great just chıllıng out for a couple of days ın thıs lıttle fıshıng vıllage but glad to be on the road agaın.  We got the bus to Ayvalıc whıch took us a lı ...

Belly Dancing vs Wet T-Shirt Contest
Aug 19, 2008

... home, we would have our women participating in wet T-shirt contests. Something tells me you will never find that kind of event in Turkey. I think belly dancing is a lot better. Yes I am gettıng old! The boat trip ended at 630 pm. After the boat trip I ...

A long and boring travel day
Aug 18, 2008

... wasnt a problem. I had to pay 10 liras extra as it meant being on the bus for a few hours longer. I ended up arriving in Ayvalik at 930 pm. I didnt have a place to stay and wasnt sure where I needed to go to find a decent hostel. Looking lost immediately ...

Aegean cruise
Aug 13, 2008 (5 photos)

... expect. It was a real rush. We had to quickly swim back as our boat was about to leave without us. When we got back to Ayvalik, we had dinner in a local kebab joint and then had a fairly early night as we would have an early start the next morning.

Ayvalik/Turkey
Nov 14, 2005

... the owner was becoming senile. I really wasn't sure where I should go today but, in the end, caught a bus to Ayvalik. A little over a hours drive, mainly along the coast. Saw perhaps 150 flamingoes in small groups in what appeared to be a salt pan. ...

The Trojan Experience
Aug 16, 2006

... as it was about 38 degrees and no shade. We managed to negotiate another minibus and super coach trip south to Ayvalik that evening. Ayvalik is a seaside village on the Aegean Sea and is very popular with locals. The area is quite renowned for there ...

Troy and Ayvalik
May 31, 2007 (5 photos)

From Canakkale we drove to Troy to see the ruins, then onto a town called Ayvalik which we had not heard of but was on our way around the coast so we decided to stop there for a couple of nights. We went on a boat cruise which stopped at some beautiful ...

Troy, Ayvalik, Gumuldur/Kusadasi
Apr 26, 2006

Day 5 - 26th April - Ayvalik - Gumuldur/Kusadasi - breakfast Today, we drive south. Set on a high hill are the Roman ancient ruins of Pergamum, once one of the Middle East's richest and most powerful little kingdoms. Home to one of the steepest, vertigo- ...

Ayvalik
Dec 29, 2007

Quick stop in Ayvalik

Ayvalik
Apr 23, 2009

Headed north to the ancient city of Pergamum wıth ıts steeptheatre on the hill and then a short drıve to Ayvalık.  Had drinks at the hotel after dinner as 3 people were celebrating their birthday that day.

Seeing the Turkish Sphinx
Apr 21, 2008 (2 photos)

Today we were lucky enough to visit Gallipoli.  Despite having been a few years ago, it doesn't lose its impact and Geoff was blown away by the terrain and size (or lack there of) of the battle field area.  Our tour was touted as Gallipoli ...

Ayvalik
Jun 8, 2005

Ayvalik