PLACE TO VISIT

Walking through Assos gives one the feeling of travelling through time. The streets and the stone houses have not changed through centuries. Mountaineous Lesbos is just a grasp away, and in the evening the twinkling lights of the houses give you the feeling as if you can touch them.

Bozcaada, a small and cozy island that offers you more than you expect… It does not breathe the typical air of a Turkish tourist destination, but it rather gives you the feel of an original Aegean island, where the atmosphere is very laid back and modern. The stone houses, the preserved Greek district, and its many hotels and restaurants show a beautiful blending of old architecture with great possibilities for dining and accommodating.

One of Turkey's most unspoiled places is the beautiful island of Gökçeada (Imbros). Every nature loving traveller should visit this island before leaving Turkey. The island has a breathtaking scenery consisting of long stretched clean coves, enormous mountains, waterfalls and wandering wild goats.

Troia ruins 30 km. to the south, approximately 4.5 km from the coast. The ancient city was declared as a National Park in 1996 and in 1998 it was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Troia, MS from 3,000 BC. It is a city with up to 500 settlements. 10 different city layers and more than 50 building phases were identified during the excavations. In a nutshell:

The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial (Turkish: Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı) is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War.