Bergama Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Arrived in Bergama late in the evening without plans and after 2 strikeouts and wandering the narrow streets of this ancient city we stumbled upon a gem in the Athena Pension. We were the fortunate first guest of what is likely the first boutique pension in town. The owner was a joy and despite our limited ability to communicate, we enjoyed each...

This is my third visit to Bergama, Turkey, location for the fabulous acropolis of ancient Pergamon. Each visit has been a gift of memorable occurrences.

My first visit was in the Spring of 1970, in the middle of a four-year hitch-hiking trip around the world. On a night I slept on the heights of the acropolis. I woke in the pre-dawn and l...

As stated previously, there is a ton of history and pictures on the internet for the ancient classical world and its remnant sites such as Pergamon. I am going to limit this and the next entry to my personal experiences in and around Pergamon and Bergama. In this entry are the pictures--mostly--and experience in the first of two cross country wa...

The bus trip from Istanbul to Bergama was surprisingly uneventful. While traveling outside of your norm, you really are never sure what public transportation will be like and after some of our past experiences we figure anything is possible. Weren't we surprised when we realized that our bus from Istanbul to Bergama would be a very nice Mercedes...

Legendary Fishermen of Cesme Whilst in Cesme we started to frequent the "No Problem Bar" and found ourselves in the company of the local small (but perfectly formed) Brit community. Two of the guys are very keen fishermen, both very modest and self effacing about their fishing skills. However, they have become the fishing legends of Cesme. Most...

Said fond farewell to Koru Han and the nice family that runs it and headed off again, following the coast road around the bay of Edremit and down to Bergama, which was ancient Pergamon. Chris is finding the driving really easy so far - there has not been much traffic on the road and apart from being wary of other drivers (and some are driving ve...