You shall be picked up from the Izmir airport, Izmir Hotel, Izmir Marina or Izmir cruise ship port. Your Izmir guide will hold up a sign with your name on it. Izmir tour will take approximately 4 hours and after will drive you back to your Izmir hotel, Izmir Marina, Izmir airport or Izmir harbor in Turkey.
In the Half Day Izmir Tour, we will drive to Izmir city center. Traditionally the birth place of Homer, who was honoured here in Classical times in the Homereium. Of the original Hellenistic city states along the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, only Smyrna, now Turkish Izmir, survived the catastrophes that befell the region. In the Izmir Sight-seeing Tour, our first stop is above the city at Mt. Pagus, the most enduring of Alexander’s legacies: the Kadifekale Castle, built in the 4th century BCE. From Kadifekale Castle there is an excellent view across the harbour to Karsiyaka. To the west you can see the shape of the arena where St. Polycarp was martyred. The Agora at the foot of the hill is clearly visible.
Then we drive to Konak Square. In the center of Konak you will find the symbol of Izmir, the Clock Tower and its close friends, the pigeons. From the late Ottoman clock tower, described by Goodwin as 'mauresque bibelot', to the open air city bus terminal, strollers enjoying the Imbat mingle with passengers waiting for bus or ferry boat to Karsiyaka. A few meters away in warren twisting lanes and narrow courts are the shops of Izmir’s Bazaar. Here a bewildering range of goods—everything from flowers to antiques—is on offer at bargain prices.
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