Palmera Resort Ayvalik

Kahramanlar Mah. H.Avsar Bul. No:15 Ayvalik, Balikesir, Turkey

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Day 239 - The Ancient City

A travel blog entry by craigadventure

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... There was only 1 seat available but a man on the tail end of middle age with salt & pepper hair and a deep sun tan was adamantly courteous, insisting that we sit together. How pleasantly generous!

At the next bus station we needed to transfer and after getting the last tickets (or so they said) we had 90 minutes to kill. We walked across the hot and vacant parking lot to something like a chip cart. Mia had a döner while Eli opportunely tried the ...

Marmaris to Ayvalik

A travel blog entry by kiwivolant

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... channel, topped up the diesel tank at the local marina, then spent the evening anchored in a beautiful secluded bay with pine trees growing down to the waters edge

May 17th

Thought we should check out the towns on the edge of the ‘lake’ so entered the little fishing harbour of Avlik and tied off beside the fishing boats. The buildings here are very Greek as this area was occupied ...

If Bus Rides Were A Measure of Wealth...

A travel blog entry by kieser_family

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... not be getting out at all.

So we gathered all our items and had to say goodbye to our very sweet host who was possibly 1 out of only 2 people in the town who knew English.

The bus ride we wanted left at 9:45 so we walk to the bus office that is near our hotel a bit before 9 but they're not open yet so we decided to just go to the station. We still have to wait a bit for them to open there as well but we do ...

Trojans, Romans, Ruins and Wrecks

A travel blog entry by billnpat

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... were turned back by the Turkish guns on shore, and a half dozen ships.

After the battlefield tour, we caught the little 20 minute ferry across the narrowest part of the strait to Carrakale. We didn’t linger there, but headed southwest toward Troy.

We read of a Campground near the village of Guzelyeh, on the waterfront just short of Troy, so we took that turnoff. We never did find the campground, so we ended up at a little freecamping spot. We ...

Beach day.

A travel blog entry by i_could_walk

... normally excepted but what the females wear / if they swim will be interesting. In practise the beach was odd. Lots of people doing maintence (including raking the beach by hand..) , putting out loungers and a installing turf lawn by the second bar but only ten attendee's. As its a big beach it was practically deserted. Its like someone is planning something big. Its surreal because there is no accommodation; maybe they're thinking ...