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4 KIZLARAĞASI HAN
(Kemeraltı Bazaar; 8am-5pm)
This glorious caravanserai is a much smaller, calmer ver-
sion of İstanbul's famous Grand Bazaar. It's touristy, with many items from the far end
of the Silk Road (China), but good for a wander. There's a cafe in the courtyard, where
merchants once tethered their camels.
5 HISAR CAMII
(Kemeraltı Bazaar)
The interior of the city's largest mosque is quintessentially İzmiri: the
blue-and-gold motifs on the domed ceiling are simpler and less Oriental than classic
Ottoman designs. Also look out for the roses and grapes carved along the bottom of the
women's gallery and the designs on the stone staircase.
Information
Modern Bergama lies spread out on either side of one long main street, along which al-
most everything you'll need can be found.
Tourist office
( 631 2851; İzmir Caddesi 54; 8.30am-noon & 1-5.30pm)
Just north of the museum; the
board outside has useful information such as bus and minibus times.
Getting There & Away
Services to/from Bergama's
yeni
(new) otogar include Ankara (
"
55, eight to nine hours,
nightly), Ayvalık (
"
8, 1¼ hours, hourly), İstanbul (
"
50, 11 hours, at least nightly) via
Bursa, and İzmİr (
"
10, two hours, hourly).
The
yeni
otogar lies 7km from the centre, just off the İzmir-Çanakkale highway. Between
6am and 7pm,
servises
run between there and the central
eski
(old) otogar. A taxi costs
about
"
25. Some buses from Çanakkale drop you at the junction near the
yeni
otogar,
walking distance from the station.
Getting Around
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