Allstar Aksan Hotel Izmir
Gaziler Cad 214, Kapilar Izmir, Turkish Aegean Coast, 35240, Turkey
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Izmir, Turkey
... on, hop off. We made the complete tour and, during the tour, we found a starting point for a walking tour. And walk we did. We found some beautiful places, up close and personal. One thing we found was a Sunday market. Now there are crowds and there are CROWDS. There is such a thing as a comfort zone and there are such things a being WAY OUT OF THE COMFORT ONE. This market, ...
Let the Fun Begin
... of clothes. We then headed off, with Kerrie driving a manual car (no worries she owns one) but with the steering wheel on the left and traffic on the "wrong side of the road", it didn't do Greg's nerves any good at all.
Izmir is a city of 2.6 million souls and it combines prosperity and poverty remarkedly well. It has the usual upmarket shopping areas we expect of western cities but it then has kilometre after kilometre of ...
Ancient memories and modern ruins
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I knew there was a street called Synagogue Street - or Hevra (Hebrew) Street, which I had found yesterday. Holger pointed out the old, derelict synagogues, some used a storage shed nowadays, and a couple that are still functioning on occasion. He was disappointing we could not get inside them... or so he thought.
There are not that many Jews left in Izmir. The community is mainly centred around the ...
Turkish Delight
... Turkish police showing up because we were making too much noise. All of there friends were amazingly warm. We joked around, drank beer and raki, took tons of photos, and ate. The morning after the party, they wanted to prepare me a traditional Turkish breakfast. What a spread it was too. So many options to try. This is one thing about Turkey. The food I had here is honestly second to none. I have tasted many great culinary dishes all over the ...
Christmas In Between Greece And Turkey, Plus Izmir
... bankers. This basilica was another vaulted superstructure supported by criss-crossing stone arcs, and it was really neat.
After exploring the Agora (and meeting and chatting with an interesting couple from Hawaii), we walked for about ten minutes to our next destination, the bazaar. Izmir’s bazaar, entered by walking along the right wall of the Konak (the central district of Izmir), is large and fascinating. It’s full of shops selling ...



