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EHL-I KEYF €
Behramkale combines excellent, fresh food with attentive service and a very pleasant out-
look. Choose from a long menu of
izgara
(grills) and
gözleme
, cocktails, coffee and ice
cream.
| Turkish
UZUNEV €€
( 721 7007; mains
"
15-20; lunch & dinner)
Uzunev is the pick of Assos's nonhotel restaur-
ants, with blue wooden chairs lining the terrace. Try the speciality, sea bass à l'Aristotle
(steamed in a special stock), or the seafood meze (
"
10).
| Seafood
Getting There & Around
In summer, there's a shuttle service throughout the day between Behramkale and Assos
(
"
1, every 30 minutes); in winter, there are occasional dolmuşes (
"
8). Regular buses run
from Çanakkale (
"
12, 1½ hours) to Ayvacık, where you can pick up a dolmuş/taxi to
Behramkale (
"
30, 20 minutes).
Ayvalık
0266 / POP 37,182
Ayvalık is an attractive, work-a-day fishing town with a secret. The palm-tree-lined water-
front, nearby beaches and smattering of fish restaurants are much like elsewhere on the
Aegean, but wander a few streets back to find an old Greek village in spirited abandon.
Colourful, shuttered doors conceal cafes and craft stores, time lapses in the afternoon sun
and visitors slow down in the languid atmosphere.
Olive-oil production is the traditional business around here, and is still thriving, with
lots of shops selling the end product. Ayvalık was affected by the population exchange in
the early 1920s (
Click here
)
.
Sights & Activities
There are few specific sights but Ayvalık's old town is a joy to wander around, with its
maze of cobbled streets lined with wonderfully worn-looking Greek houses. You can pick
up a map with information about sights, including the former Greek Orthodox churches, at
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