Streets squares and districts to visit Aegean Coast

The cobbled streets behind the waterfront, facing the docks, are delightful. The atmosphere is friendly, everyone seems to know each other. Numerous pensions, small shops and the welcoming terraces of restaurants with colorful shopfronts await you. It is very cute. Dalkıran Mehmetağa and Fevzi Çakmak avenues are worth seeing. You can also head to the end of the docks at the place called Çamlık (the sea being on the right). A market is held every Thursday and gives you a good insight into the life of the locals.

From Konak, the ferry glides in twenty minutes to Karşıyaka, a peaceful residential area where you will find several cafes and restaurants. Before 1922, this suburb was called Kordelio, a name inspired by Richard the Lionheart who passed through here during the Third Crusade. The beautiful residences in the area were mostly inhabited by Greeks. You will see them as you walk around; they are characteristic, with the roof topped with a finely carved wooden fringe, the indispensable loggia and a facade decorated with bricks. Lively market on Sundays.