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Travel Blogs from Izmir
Smyrna - Running on empty and a wild goose chase
... Tatev's book. He walked off with it without much fuss (much like the recipient of the umbrella at the end of the title song in Singin' in the Rain.
Perhaps this was the best outcome. Tatev would have probably bought herself another copy for her exams. Still, it would have been nice to have run into her. We could have enacted our own variant of the scene in Amelie where she restores a long lost treasure to a man in a cafe. Not to be. Sigh!
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Welcome to the country of the doner!
The Turkey's flag waved on the top of the hill that surrounds Cesme on the side, as the little ferry taking me from the greek island Chios approched the port. Before than this I had sailed in another ferry not so little, but actually more like a huge cruiser from Athens to the island, and the experience was amazing although sadly during the night, which kept me from admiring the probably amazing sights that conected this two points in around 8 ...
Bien salée notre arrivée en turquie !
... circuits touristiques classiques (plages et Ephese); et y avons découvert la cuisine turque. Un délice ! On se laisse meme tenter par les (tres risquées) salades de crudités. Pas de mal de similitudes avec les gouts et odeurs de la Serbie, puis de la Grece; on sent au fur et a mesure, des saveurs de plus en plus orientales. Et c'est que le début :) Puis, découvrons l'Agora Romaine en plein centre ville et les quelques musées de ...
The unknown charms of Izmir
... and were almost immediately accosted by another man in the street promising more çay and carpets.
“I take you to wholesaler – good man – he will show you the best carpets in Izmir!”
Having heard these sentiments by now many times before, we followed him cautiously up a wooden staircase and into a large showroom with carpets adorning the walls and housing many more stacked and rolled up to one side. The owner gave us çay and ...
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 ...
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Other places to stay in Izmir
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Swissotel Grand Efes Izmir
Gaziosmanpasa Bulvari No: 1 , Izmir | 5 star hotelfrom $123 -
Hilton Izmir
Cankaya Mah. Gazi Osman Pasa Bulv. No:7 Kucukyali, Konak, Izmir | 5 star hotelfrom $140 -
Crowne Plaza Izmir
Inciralti Mah. Inciralti Cad. 10. Sok. No:67 Balcova Merkez, Izmir | 5 star hotelfrom $119 -
Moevenpick Hotel Izmir
Cumhuriyet Blv. 138, Izmir | 5 star hotelfrom $105 -
Izmir Princess Hotel
Narlidere, Izmir | 5 star hotelfrom $119 -
Kaya Prestige
Sair Esref Bulv. 1371 Sok. No:7 Konak Merkez, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $92 -
Hotel Yumukoglu
Cankaya Mah. Sair Esref Bulv. No:10 Kucukyali, Izmir | 3 star hotelfrom $78 -
Alican Hotel
Cankaya Mah. Fevzi Pasa Bulv. No:157 Kucukyali, Konak, Izmir | 3 star hotelfrom $61 -
Best Western Hotel Konak
Konak Meydami Mithatpasa CAD. No 128 Konak, Izmir | 2 star hotelfrom $112 -
Anemon Izmir Hotel
Mursel Pasa Bulv. No:40 Kahramanlar, Konak, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $67 -
Blanca Hotel
Kahramanlar Mah. Mursel Pasa Bulv. 1397. Sok. No:2 , Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $51 -
Ontur Hotel Izmir
Ismet Kaptan Mah. Gazi Bulv. No:130 Pasaport, Konak, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $118 -
Hotel Ismira
Cankaya Mah. Gazi Osman Pasa Bulv. No:28 Kucukyali, Konak, Izmir | Hotelfrom $68 -
Aksan Hotel
Gaziler Cad. D:214-216 Basmane, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $38 -
Hotel Izmir Palas
Kultur Mh., Ataturk Caddesi 188, Izmir | 3 star hotelfrom $108 -
Kocaman Hotel
Gaziler Cad. 1195 Sok. No:2 Yenisehir, Konak, Izmir | 3 star hotelfrom $57 -
Guzel Izmir Oteli
Fevzi Pasa Bulvari 1368 Sok No:8 Basmane, Izmir | 3 star hotelfrom $47 -
Hisar Altinel Hotel
Fevzi Pasa Bulv. No:153 Basmane, Konak, Izmir | 3 star hotel -
My Hotel
Cumhuriyet Bulvari No 132, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $109 -
Blue Boutique Hotel
Mursel Pasa Bulvari 1265, Izmir | 4 star hotel -
Omerim Hotel
Fevzi Pasa Bulv. 1368 Sok. No:6 Basmane, Konak, Izmir | Hotel -
Anemon Ege Saglik
Ege Universitesi Kampusu Bornova Merkez, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $67 -
Park Hotel Izmir
1366 Sok. No:6 Basmane, Konak, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $68 -
Hotel Baylan
Anafartalar Cad. 1299 Sok. 8, Izmir | 2 star hotelfrom $66 -
Kordon Hotel
Akdeniz Caddesi No 2, Izmir | 4 star hotelfrom $47 -
Grand Zeybek Hotel
Fevzipasa Bulvari 1368 Sok 5, Izmir | 3 star hotelfrom $72